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« on: December 09, 2012, 02:00:56 pm »

Dr Hunter points to a mosaic from Tunisia which shows how one unfortunate Caledonian met his end.

"Captured, marched for months to this desert province, sent to the amphitheatre and killed by wild animals as exotic entertainment for the locals," says Dr Hunter.

The expert says we have long had a curious "rather cuddly" relationship with the Romans.

"In the western world we often see ourselves as inheritors of Roman values and Roman culture," he says.

"But this evidence from North Africa reminds us that the Romans were invaders and colonisers.

"Their strategies encompassed everything up to and including genocide.

"For the local tribes the Roman arrival in what we call Scotland must have been absolutely terrifying."

The documentary - Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier on BBC Two Scotland on Friday at 21:00 - explores why the Romans struggled to expand their empire north of the border.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20579219
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