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Romans had contacted Britain by the 1st century BC (the history buffs amongst you may have heard of the leader of this expedition). The Empire then spent centur
by ipnon 2y ago
Romans had contacted Britain by the 1st century BC (the history buffs amongst you may have heard of the leader of this expedition). The Empire then spent centuries building infrastructure between Western Europe and all of the Mediterranean. These roads and byways were constantly traveled for commerce, diplomacy, education and tourism. They did not magically disappear when Rome was sacked for the second time in the 5th century AD. It is more than feasible that Anglo-Saxons of the 7th century visited Byzantium and returned to Britain, it is a certainty.
- CRConrad 2y ago> Romans had contacted Britain by the 1st century BC (the history buffs amongst you may have heard of the leader of this expedition). Eh, wasn't that...? I think more than the "history buffs" amongst us may at least have heard of that guy.
- nuc1e0n 2y agoTrade routes passed through the British isles long before the Romans. Cornish tin was highly prized for making Bronze. Burials around Stonehenge have been excavated by archeologists and tests showed the people buried there spent extended periods in the Alps. Stonehenge predates the Romans by thousands of years.