From: "Andy" <as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: African Britain
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:30:39 +0100


On the subject of "there ain't no black in the union jack or is there..." :-
judging by some of the "climate-ist"  graffitti on Hadrian's Wall, they may
have pissed off to warmer climes at the end of their tours. They didn't
stick the Antonine Wall for long.

> > [damaged by Boudicca's boys in 60 AD] bears an African name
>
> The Romans would often recruit a whole army unit in one part
> of the empire, and send it to another part, so this probably means
> a whole African unit stationed at Colchester rather than just one
> African.

Often wondered about that - the African concerned was an auxiliary not a
legionary, so he might have died "in service", but as Colchester was one of
the colonia for veterans, he might have just been settled there. The other
main damaged tombstone was with a Latin name and a legionary.

Andy