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| Up to now in 2000, little comment or evidence was available on the possibility that the Romans might have come to Ireland, and it is generally agreed that they did not colonise the island to any significant extent. The literature of the day did not support such a notion, nor have historians since come forward with much key evidence. That the Romans were well aware of the existence of Hibernia as they called it, is not in doubt, many references are available from Roman sources. Unsurprisingly, that historical era is seen by some to be contentious, as can be observed from the articles. In retrospect, we Irish might well have benefited at the time, as the Britons did, from a knowledge of Roman Law, straight roads and central heating and so on. It was towards the end of the Roman period in Britain that St Patrick came to Ireland, in 432 AD. Roman Britain has been well researched, Roman Ireland research continues. |
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| Page 0401 Hibernia Romana ? An evaluation of the evidence for a Roman invasion of Ireland. Written in 1996 by Colin Adams, a postgraduate student in ancient history at the University of Oxford. |
| A number of areas are worth exploring in this regard: not only the possibility of a Roman invasion of Ireland but also Roman geographical knowledge and perceptions of Ireland, and Roman attitudes to their empire generally. More.... |
| The Romans in Ireland Could they have said - Veni, Vidi, Vici ? ~~~ |
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| Page 0402 Legacy of the legions destroys a myth close to Celtic hearts This article appeared in the English 'Sunday Times' newspaper on 21.01.1996. Written by Ciaran Byrne & John Maas |
| A NONDESCRIPT patch of Iand 15 miles north of Dublin has shattered one of Ireland's strangest myths. It indicates that the country was, after all, invaded by the Romans. More.... |
| Page 0403 Ireland and Roman Britain Source: The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland OUP 1989 |
| Ireland lay outside the Roman Empire but was soon to be heavily influenced by it. This was inevitable, and came notably in the wake of the decline of Roman power in Britain in the fourth and especially in the 5th century. More.... |
| Page 0404 Yes, the Romans did invade Ireland ~~~ And we don�t need Roman forts as evidence, says Richard Warner, Keeper of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Ulster Museum in Northern Ireland This article was published in the English magazine �British Archaeology� in May 1996. |
| So did the Romans invade Ireland after all, or not? This question, which has snoozed quietly in the background of Irish studies for decades, has recently leaped forcefully again out into the open. More.... |
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