"William Black" <william.black@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "christopher fardell" <cfardell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> What if Roman Britain, (as well as Caledonia) in 100 AD are sent
>> through time to 1600.
> > How long until they know something has happened?
>
> When that first ****p pulls into ****tsmouth.
>
>> How long until the various nations in Europe know what happened?
>
> When that same ****p gets to France...
>
>> What will happen next?
>
> The senior English nobleman with any sort of royal connection who is
> fighting with the two English regiments fighting in the Low Countries
will
> return home at the head of his troops (plus any others who fancy getting
> very rich very quickly), declare himself king and blow the Romans away.
Unless Lord Mountjoy in Ireland beats him to it. Mountjoy is a 2G
grandson
of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, who was a half-brother of both
Edward V and
[Elizabeth I's grandmother Elizabeth of York]. That might strengthen his
claim
as much as [being the son of Henry VI's half-brother] helped Henry VII.
> A couple of thousand 'pike and shot' veterans, even badly led, are a
> match for a Roman army.
> Especially if they've got a couple of batteries of cannon...
> I think there's at least one Scottish gun company there...
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