Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

[JellySlice]

Mary Beard in yesterday's Times:

I hate the Romans already!

The Romans were absolute bastards. Even if they did give us the roads.

What did the Romans ever do for us?

turns out we already had the roads, imperialist basterds always taking credit for what other people had invented!

www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/10367457/Roman-roads-were-actually-built-by-the-Celts-new-book-claims.html

The Romans never left. We are them. The DNA says so.

And they were certainly not all 'white,' which was a meaningless term in their world. Certainly not Roman Governor of Britannia Septimius Severus, the only 'black' member of our ruling class until Princess Meg.

Oh dear lord. And men people say that mumsnet are just a bunch of women who like to bake.

at that link, Chiochan - might need to order that book!