The Romans in Brittany

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🗓️ 17 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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It was one of the most powerful empires in history, leaving marks and remnants across the globe, but in this episode we are looking specifically at the impact of the Romans on Brittany. Tristan was joined once again by Sir Barry Cunliffe, who takes us through the Roman occupation of Brittany, the response of the residents, and the impact on both cultures. From slaves and wine, to fish sauce and rebellion, this is an intriguing look into the character of Brittany and the realities of a Roman occupation. Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford, Sir Barry Cunliffe is the author of Bretons and Britons: The Fight for Identity.

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0:00.0	It's the Ancient's on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and in today's podcast
0:09.0	where we are continuing our discussion with the one the only the legend that is Sir Barry
0:15.3	Cunliffe. In the previous podcast we talked all about Britain's Ancient History going
0:20.6	from the mesolithic period all the way down to the late Iron Age and the arrival of Greek
0:25.6	traders and a famous Greek explorer from ancient Marseille called Pithias. And now we're
0:33.3	really continuing on looking at Britain's Ancient History. We're really focusing in on the
0:37.9	next great power that has significant influence in this northwest peninsula of mainland France.
0:45.7	And this of course is the Romans. In this podcast we go from Julius Caesar to the fall of the
0:51.9	Western Roman Empire. We're covering hundreds of years of ancient history and Barry, the wonderful
0:58.4	eloquent speaker that he is, it was a joy to talk to him about this incredible topic. So that
1:04.0	further ado, here's Sir Barry Cunliffe.
1:13.8	Barry, thanks so much for coming on the podcast. Very pleased to be here. Thank you. Now you've been on
1:19.3	the podcast once before to talk about Britain's in antiquity before the Romans arrived. We went
1:24.2	from mesolithic all the way to the Iron Age but just before the turn of the millennium we do see
1:30.8	the arrival. We've talked about the Greeks and now we do see the arrival of the big power in the
1:35.0	central Mediterranean at that time and that is of course the Romans. Yeah the Romans, I suppose we've
1:41.9	really got to go back to about 120 BC when the Romans moved into the southern part of France,
1:48.9	what they called Gaul, Transalpine Gaul. It's now Provence and Longadek, that part of Gaul.
1:55.0	And one of the main turns they developed was Nabon, a great port for the Mediterranean. And that
2:01.8	port linked Western Mediterranean traders with the whole of Gaul which was a big new market for
2:08.4	the Romans. A market to get things from and a market to get rid of their old tat too. And one of the
2:15.5	things they had in surplus the Romans was wine. They were producing vast quantities of wine in
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