How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most beloved intellectual

Re:How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most ... by foldr on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:03AM (#16273486)

There's quite a bit more evidence than that:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1464209/Borders-folk-...

>The lack of evidence (genetic or historical) puts an upper bound on the proportion of subsaharan Africans in Roman Britain

It does no such thing. Can you point to any reputable scholar who is prepared to state such an "upper bound"?

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Re:How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most ... by bergoid on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:27AM (#16273629)

> There's quite a bit more evidence than that: > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1464209/Borders-folk-...

A unit of "Moors". Again, Mediterranean looking North Africans. Despite the misleading title.

> It does no such thing. Can you point to any reputable scholar who is prepared to state such an "upper bound"?

Of course not. The evidence is so thin it wasn't even up for useful scholarly debate.

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Re:How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most ... by foldr on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:30AM (#16273642)

There are plenty of people in North Africa who have dark skin. See e.g. the following photo that vidarh linked to in another comment:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ingetjetadros/4603950662

The term "Moor" does not translate precisely to any modern ethnic term, and is perfectly compatible with dark skin. In fact, the article notes that "The unit is likely to have been composed of Berbers from North Africa, but may also have had darker-skinned soldiers from Nubia."

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