Monday, September 5, 2022

Sow, Grow, and Harvest

       My Cornovii family ancestors needed a few things on the side of their continual existence. They must have had a significant number of these factors since the Roman military administration built them a capital called Wroxeter (Viroconium Cornoviorum). A chief factor must have been the feeding of 12,000 men and their empty stomachs after a hard days march. Barley wheat was one aspect, since the Cornovii had tended this staple for hundreds of years. Keeping all the herds of sheep and cattle out of the wheat fields was a joint effort with the Deceangli on the western side of the land bridge. [A detailed account of feeding the troops can be found in the book by John Peddle pp.30-32, Invasion The Roman Conquest Of Britain.] Needless to say, the Cornovii folks must have been one of the most "Romanized" of the Celtic tribes seeing all the new fangled baths, aqueducts, forums, and the like. Certainly you might want to check out this new type of living. In 212 A.D. you could actually become a Roman citizen and sign-up all your sons in that outstanding army. Wow, some exciting ways to "go along to get along".

      A detailed drawing of Wroxeter can be found on page 167, An Atlas Of Roman Britain by Jones and Mattingly.

      The concept of Romanization can be found The Oxford Illustrated History Of Roman Britain by Peter Salway, pp.337-348.

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