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Quote:Ceannt:3ekj0x3l Wrote:marka:3ekj0x3l Wrote:most of the western provinces didn't pay for themselves at least britain had good farm lands and resources ie tin.There were probably more strategic reasons for holding gaul and britain ie population movement control
Ireland had timber, wolfhounds gold and the most talented goldsmiths in western europe 8)
wherabouts where the gold deposits?where there any tin mines?
add slaves as well of course.
if the gold deposits were large i'm surprised the roman didn't try at least one invasion (gold was certainly one reason for invading dacia)
Gold in mayo, (we have coal as well but i dont know if it was mined then) most of ireland untill the 15th cen A.D was forested
"The Kaiser knows the Munsters,
by the Shamrock on their caps,
And the famous Bengal Tiger, ever ready for a scrap,
And all his big battalions, Prussian Guards and grenadiers,
Fear to face the flashing bayonets of the Munster Fusiliers."
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the romans may well have tried to influence the successions of kings in ireland,may be even small scale training of troops but beyond that i tend to doubt it
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