Romans...

From: Aden Steinke <Aden_Steinke_at_uow.edu.au>
Date: 23 May 1996 11:32:44 +1000


Hmm

D M McNamara <D.M.McNamara_at_durham.ac.uk> makes several comments on the invasion of Britain - all I can say is that compared to the war with Dacia for which 10 legions were assembled, or the permanent garrison in the Basque country of 3 legions the invasion of Britain was not some huge crippling effort for the Roman economy.

The inability of Roman agricultural technology to productively use the land beyond the northern limit of possible olive tree planting made long term advvances in Scotland, or to the Elbe etc unsustainable. This (except for Prax with its unfortunate inability to grow things) is not a problem for the magnificent Lunar Empire, capable of bringing bounty from the soil by the power of her magics and skill of her farmers.

Aden


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