More music featuring Welsh singers, that can mean only one thing.

Welcome to the Welsh cast, my name is Jamie.

You didn't know that Bonnie Tyler was Welsh, did you?

Well, you never can tell what you're going to learn to the BHP, but now we've got to turn

Bonnie down, otherwise we're all going to start singing along.

So we're now at the point where Rome has withdrawn from Britannia, and more importantly to

our story from Wales.

And today we're going to talk about the impact that had upon the people.

I can guess what you're thinking.

Who cares that Rome withdrew?

Their legacy was violence and subjugation, their accomplishments were a pale reflection

of the Greeks from whom they imitated, and they were largely devoid of any serious innovation.

And to that I say, preach on.

However, with the benefit of hindsight, we can look at the withdrawal of Rome and say,

don't let the door hit you on the ass in the way out.

But at the time, this was pretty catastrophic.

After all, Rome had been working for centuries to destroy the Welsh sense of self and replace

it with Roman cultures and beliefs, and they did a pretty good job at it.

And much like how Africa found itself in a bit of a rough spot following the European

colonial conquests, the period after the Roman colonial conquest of Wales was also pretty

rough.

So let's chat about what we know of what happened.

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