Comments by "Matt Matt" (@CENTRIX4) on "What a Top Roman General Really Thought About Ireland…" video.

  1. Irish folklore the Formians Formians arrived every year along the east coast of Ireland to collect tribute. It is widely believed the Formians were the Romans from Britain arriving to collect tribute from the host Irish population. The Roman military presence in Ireland never really traveled more than 70 miles from the east coat of Ireland due to a combination of military overreach and the cost of maintaining a military presence in Ireland. Without silver mines Ireland had not been worth the expense of military conquest for the Roman Empire. Merchants trading between Ireland and Britain had been going on for thousands of years before the Romans arrived in Britain. Pirate attacks in the Irish Sea and raids on the west coast of Britain were taking place long before the Romans arrived. The Roman occupation of Britain stopped the pirate attacks on ships in the Irish Sea and the raids on the West coast of Britain for a long time. As the Roman presence in Britain became weak raiding along the West coast of Britain resumed and so did Pirate attacks in the Irish Sea.
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