New Neighbors

     So there goes the neighborhood, as some of my Celtic ancestors might have thought. All these thousands and thousands of men, 17 to 45 years of age, showing up at your doorstep at all times of the day and night. Our group of villages are no match for all these new stone ramparts. They even have new, fancy things like theaters, warm baths, and special ways to eat called banquets. Maintaining and securing their supply lines go right through the neighborhood with stone roads connecting the military bases. They even planned a civitas cornoviorum (Viroconium) to help my Cornovii ancestors adjust to all these new developments. It was to become a new capital city for these folks, which came to be called Wroxeter. Key to participation in the new Roman world was Latin. Learning this new language of law and public administration was necessary to survival of the family. Let's allow the kids to go to their schools and see which way the learning curve progresses. We might even learn how to write our thoughts. Our children may be the future to this complex world of new neighbors.