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2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Questions with Few Answers,
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This review is from: Roman Ireland (Paperback)
Interesting book which lays out evidence of direct contact between Celtic Ireland and the Roman World. The author takes a shot at Ireland's self image of being untouched by the Roman Empire, a point of cultural pride I believe from an earlier era. I suspect Irish Nationalism dictates that Ireland is pure Celtic state then Briton which was sullied by Roman culture!
Interesting that the book is written by a native Roman who lived in Ireland for some 10 years. It seems that Irish Academia has been unwilling at best and hostile at worse to marshall a complete analysis in book from of Roman involvement in Ireland. One wonders at the seeming unwillingness to investigate what appears to be a Roman site at Drumanagh north of Dublin which has yielded a number of Roman artifacts. The site is discussed but little coverage is given of the impediments to doing a full excavation. The book is a little errudite and certainly speculative for my tastes. It raises interesting questions which one hopes will be investigated by the new generation less constrained by orthodox Irish identity issues. |
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Roman Ireland by Vittorio Di Martino (Paperback - Apr. 2003)
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