Caratacus (or Caractacus) was a Briton tribal leader who led the resistance against the Roman conquest of Britannia during the 1st century CE. #History #RomanEmpire #RomanBritain #Claudius #Caratacus #AncientBritons #Britain #BritonTribe #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-511-en/
At last we have them all well fooled, well tamed;
they use our baths and lard themselves with oil,
truss up their souls and bodies in the toga…
—William Neill (1922–2010), “Despatches Home”
from DESPATCHES HOME (Reprographia, 1972)
A poem for the Ides o fMarch
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Roman #RomanBritain #IdesofMarch









