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What did the Romans do for us? Well for a start better haircuts, the use of bricks, and fashion - Agricola Lecturing the Ancient Britons on the Advantages of Roman Civilization - Cartoon by George Morrow, 1912

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2018-01-30

"In olde dayes of the king Arthour, Of which that Britons speake great honour, All was this land full fill'd of faerie...But now can no man see non elves mo..."

-from Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

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2018-01-04

In th'olde days of the king Arthour,
Of which Britons speken greet honour,
Al was this land fulfild of fayerye.
(Chaucer, late 14th century)

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2017-11-27

"By using guerrilla tactics, the Britons hit Roman legions at their weak spot" https://t.co/uk1cgBi132

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2016-07-03

May Morris' is one of Royal Mail's Britons of Distinction. Here's the Orange Tree stamp:

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