From: "Dave Coull" <dave.coull-AT-organise.ezesurf.co.uk>
Subject: African Britain
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 15:35:10 +0100


Andy wrote

> The Romans were also more inclined to incorporate barbarians into their
army
> as auxiliaries - one tombstone that can be seen in the Colchester Museum
> [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. There is also evidence of an African unit of the Roman
army being based in the South of Scotland. Roman units could
be based in one place for a very long time, so, as these African
units almost certainly left descendants, that means the "white"
population of England and Scotland (and, by extension, also
the white population of the USA, Australia, etc.) may not
be quite as white as it thinks it is.

Dave