Mountain Grill

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 27-Feb-2005 21:56, Jon Jarrett wrote:
> What's recently been found to be lacking is,
> apart from possibly at Wroxeter, any continuity between this Germanic
> settlement and the subsequent one. Obviously the idea of solkdiers going
> native is a good one, and it surely must have happened; but it's not so
> far been possible to find any place bar Wroxeter where such forces may
> have based which then turned into an Anglo-Saxon settlement. This is
> puzzling a fair few people.

Maybe it turned out that a good place for an auxiliary garrison was just
not a good place for a farming settlement?  Perhaps once the imperial
pay cheques were no longer coming in, the soldiers decided to "get out
of town" and set up somewhere else?

Unsupported speculation 'R' us! :)

Cheers,
Carl

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