The relations between Rome and Ireland and their extent is long-standing topic, and has always moved on antithetical positions: on the one hand, the desire to include the island someway in the illustrious cultural heritage of the Roman world, and on the other the need to claim a principle, that of a world which, compared to Britain, had proudly managed to preserve its independence.
Relations between Rome and Ireland were actually more prolific than one might imagine, at least since Rome extended its borders beyond the Channel, and like other areas immediately outside the Empire, Ireland became a part of that "Barbaricum" exposed to the cultural influences radiated by the Roman world.
In addition to the more or less direct influences, however, starting from the end of the 70s a lively academic debate that reached its peak towards the 90s took place, centered around an archaeological site that, according to some testified a relationship between Rome and Ireland much more deeper than suspected...
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33 - HAVE THE ROMANS EVER BEEN TO IRELAND?
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00:00 - Introduction
01:41 - Mythic Ireland
04:48 - From Myth to History
10:26 - The "Drumanagh Case"
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On the cover:
Background - K. Mitch Hodge, "The North Coast and the Glens of Antrim from Fair Head" (June 2020)
Foreground: Roman silver fragment from the Balline Hoard, County Limerick
Curated by Gioal Canestrelli
Institute of Experimental Archeology "Fianna ap Palug" of Verona
Editing by Angela Ruggero