Brett Coster wrote: > >I suppose, too, that the Romans didn't make it to the Netherlands is part of >the reasoning. The Netherlands is part of what Ancient Rome labelled >Germania. Then again, they did get into Belgium (I've read "Asterix in >Belgium" so I know that's correct). > >I suspect, too, that the coverage of Roman history in my days at school was >more along the lines of one empire (Britain) acknowledging a predecessor >(Rome). > Hmmm... Part of my History curriculum was the Egypt, Assiria, Babilonia, Persia, etc - and they never conquered any part of Brazil. Ok, maybe a n-th level correlation, they conquered at one time or another Arabia, the Arabs conquered Iberia, and Portugal is part of Iberia O:-)
Alberto Monteiro
