Lots of people still hold to the old belief that the Roman Empire legions were "good in war", actually they were not and had to resort to starving women and children through crop burning.

#HillfortsWednesday

Check out the massive number of fortified hillforts in Scotland.
Historians point out that despite the Hollywood myth of victorious proud Roman Empire soldiers, the were met with a massive array of heavily fortified hillforts in Scotland that the Celtic Druids had built.

So Roman Empire did the carpet bombing of their day - burning the crops
Look at the Irish Druid hillforts versus Scottish.

You can see how much fight the Scots have in them. Good luck to the Romans trying to conquer them.
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