The coins found in America were mostly of Claudius

This is an interesting bit of chatter, concerning the lost Ninth Legion located in Britain, for a hundred years, and in the latter years comprised of Britanic natives who seemed to have disappeared from the face of the Earth. Here we have a Prof. from Kentucky who says that in nineteen hundred it was an accepted fact in the books of that time that the Welsh and Welsh speakers had been ensconced in the river valleys long before Columbus arrived. The Roman coins found seem to be genuine and in diverse places are mostly about eighty percent Claudian. The forts found are the same as those built by the Ninth Legion and the history concerning the emigration of the Welsh, was said that they were following the ways of the ancients. This along with strong Viking connections might suggest that a far western land might have been common knowledge in folk law in those days. According to the Prof., It was Wesley who confined the politically incorrect thoughts, to the dustbin of tin foil history. It appears that there is a history narrative that must be followed that started around nineteen hundred whatever your thoughts a nice little chat with a hands-on archeologist.And part two.

a reply to: annonentity

The Roman coins found seem to be genuine and in diverse places are mostly about eighty percent Claudian.

Mostly about one hundred percent wrong.




Source: Current Anthropology,Vol. 21, No. 1 (Feb. 1980)

The forts found are the same as those built by the Ninth Legion

How did the forts of the Legio IX Hispana differ from those built by other Roman legions?

Claudius invaded Britain in 43AD. The Ninth legion ‘disappeared’ (that is, ceased to be mentioned in the Roman records that have survived into the present day) in about 120AD, during the reign of Hadrian.

Oh, and Lee Pennington isn’t an archaeologist.

Apart from that, good post. At least it isn’t about Trump.

a reply to: Astyanax

This one is more to the point about Madocs trip which seems to be more compelling, as it was supposed to have occurred around 550 if the Romans were officially gone from Britain in 410, then it might explain a lot of the coinage. As a few of the artifacts get deciphered and according to the script a Welsh admiral was sent to check the claims out.

a reply to: annonentity

I don't know anything about Madoc, so I googled. I learnt that Madoc (or Madog) was allegedly the son of a Welsh kinglet who died in 1170. So how did the enterprising fellow manage to get to America 550 years before he was supposed to have been born, and why did he carry there hoards of outdated Roman coins, which the Welsh had no use for since their economy relied on barter?

Got any sources for any of this, apart from the videos? It sounds fascinating.

I just hope it isn't somehow going to end with the noble white race bringing civilization to the primitive tribes of North America, as stories of this kind generally do...

An awful lot of people keep the story of the "lost legion" alive, whereas if any one would care to look in the sparse Roman records is that the ninth was decimated in a furore north of the wall and the survivors were assimilated into the other legions. It was not lost just disbanded and never reconstituted.
Coin finds are never any indication that the original makers and users of said coins were any where. IE. simplified, a stash of roman coins, which a modern collector collected were buried by him for security (especially America, how many finds of buried loot have been found) so you assume that Romans or ancient Welsh people buried them.

a reply to: Astyanax

"I just hope it isn't somehow going to end with the noble white race bringing civilization to the primitive tribes of North America, as stories of this kind generally do..."

Why did you have to enter that thought into this? It seems you have an ulterior agenda. Or at least subconscious agenda. No one was entertaining that idea and yet you brought it up. Why?

a reply to: dust2023

Because it happens a lot. Should we pretend to be ignorant of the world and its snares?

a reply to: Astyanax

Certain people back in the day had very sea-worthy vessels. Plus they knew how to use them. Today as we speak people are cruising around the world in sailing vessels. Human nature doesn't change much. So it is not much of a stretch of the imagination to think that ordinary people, who had the resources would have been around many diverse places. If they found that a place would trade iron or bronze for fur gold or whatever, and they could make a profit. They wouldn't advertise the fact, that's one thing. But full-scale immigration from Europe requires a driver, as in the days of Madoc there wasn't any shortage of land. So there is a probability that local people could have been doing trips that never made the history books. In the end, that's what we are left with.