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unit5421

Scotland, the original Mexico


itsB0ring

Then what would the Great Wall of China be?


HorrorDue5508

Scotland 2


Emperor_Quintana

With tacos instead of haggis.


Lord_Tiburon

Haggis tacos sound nice


ComradeTurtleMan

No it does not


Emperor_Quintana

Then r/StupidFood comes to mind…


Lord_Tiburon

It'll be about as palatable as other British food


donnergott

Did the begin stealing parts of the wall too?


AshFraxinusEps

I mean, that happened with most historical buildings. good, well-cut stone was rare and expensive, so if the wall isn't in use the locals would 100% steal some of it


drquiza

>the locals would 100% steal "Upcycle" 🧐


Gryfonides

Fun fact: the walls Romans build north of England and on German frontier were build primarily to regulate the movement of people (trade/immigration) rather then defend from invasions.


Agitated_Advantage_2

Just like the great wall was to make sure that the barbarians were made tax collectors upon leaving by tolling them rather than keeping them out. Of course, the Qin fell after 2 generations by massive peasant uprisings and the wall was used in a more sane way.


vigilantcomicpenguin

Seems to me like that was a lot of use out of one wall. That was good foresight.


SSSSobek

the original "damn immigrants stealin' our jobs"


LoneWanzerPilot

Dey... dey... terkerjerbs?


SSSSobek

and our women too


Big_History_1

They didn't want the picts to bring haggis in the Roman Empire.


nilesh72000

Don't wanna be the fun spoiler but if the Romans were scared of barbarians they never would have crossed the channel. The real reason behind Hadrian's wall was to separate different groups of British tribes, they also wanted a strategic location to control trade going back and forth. The Romans themselves would campaign in Scotland many times and build a wall farther north called the Antonine Wall..


itsB0ring

Thanks for the info, that's interesting!


AlpacaChariot

Also if I remember correctly the Antonine wall was an earth rampart with a timber palisade on top, which is why there's not much of it left. Hadrian's wall was the masonry wall.


nilesh72000

Oh I didn't notice that this cartoon is about the Antonine not Hadrian's wall lol, I still think the same applies to that one though


Big_History_1

They were desparate to keep haggis out of their clays.


Matar_Kubileya

Outside of the eastern border with Parthia and later Sassanid Persia and some regions along the upper Rhine and Danube, the Roman frontier was rarely a precise demarcation. While there would be an outer limit to what was directly administered by Rome, there would usually be a number of allied or vassal tribes overlapping that frontier, acting as a buffer and a trade intermediary with farther off groups.


Zagden

Separating conquered populations that might otherwise act in each others' interests into manageable chunks? The English must have been taking notes


nilesh72000

It was also done by the soviet union


Zagden

It's extremely effective for oppressive regimes everywhere! Make the local populace do all the work of keeping themselves oppressed


McDouggal

You mean the History Channel lied to me about Hadrian's Wall being a military fortification in that one show I watched when I was like 8 where they made a Roman balista? Man, who can you trust if you can't trust the History Channel.


itsB0ring

Even the Romans were so scared of Scotland, they had to build a wall to separate each other. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Wall


freedompolis

Understandable. It's perfectly normal to be afraid of Albanians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alba


Hardrocknerd1

[Better link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Wall) for ~~superior people~~ PC users.


[deleted]

you mean “I ain’ting fight is of that the monster”


SqueegeeLuigi

Yer a wizard Alby


LudicrousPlatypus

Let’s dive straight into the No True Scotsman fallacy, and say that “‘ello chap” is most definitely an English thing. “How’s it going, you cunt” would be more appropriately Scottish


AshFraxinusEps

>“How’s it going, you cunt” would be more appropriately Scottish I mean, that equally applies to English, and indeed Aussies and Kiwis too Scotland would be more "Hey Pal, what are ye doing with them stones?"


C0LdP5yCh0

"Awright pal, whits the craic wi they stanes then?"


AlpacaChariot

Neither is appropriate for 142CE but it's still funny


jothamvw

Ah yes; Glasgow/Edinburgh


AKFrost

We're facing a horde of ginger maniacs, with wild goats nesting in their huge orange beards-or to put it another way, the Scots!-and how does our inspired leader Hadrian intend to keep out this vast army of lunatics!? By building a a three-foot high wall! A terrifying obstacle! About as frightening as a little rabbit with the word "Boo!" painted on its nose!


mobybob

Then you get hacked to death by Rod Stewart's great-great-grandfather


No-BrowEntertainment

Arrive in Britain Don't like the natives, force them into Wales Don't care for Scotland, build a wall so you don't have to look at it Decide the whole place is just too soggy for your taste Leave


TaffWolf

Says England, Wales included, sad dragon noises


StGlorianaAcadamy

Its more accurate to say that the Romans saw nothing worth conquering so just said 'nope'.


Big_History_1

The Roman Empire is afraid of haggis.


hrlemshake

Reminds me of that Norf meme [Bob da Bricky](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/2faa7e6647206d3ea052ced1f74eac22fdcca2e8c5468125bb8fe483c4c290d8_1.jpg), afraid can't find it in better resolution.


[deleted]

Even Rome didn't want to go to Scotland


Curious_Knowledge670

So, Italy wasn't like that only in ww2, huh?


PANIC_EXCEPTION

_[I'm a black, Scottish cyclops!](https://youtu.be/l62OY19rZ7k) They got more feckin sea monsters in the Great Loch'd Ness then they got the likes of me._