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When Did Caesar Land in Britain?

Wednesday July 2, 2008

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A week after the news about the dating of the massacre of Odysseus' wife's suitors broke, scientists have released their findings about the probable date on which Caesar landed in Britain. They conducted an experiment about a year ago when, they say, tidal conditions mirrored those of 55 B.C. On this basis, they have revised the August date on which Caesar tried to land almost 100 warships.

Read: Sky and Telescope: New Date for Caesar's British Invasion.

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July 3, 2008 at 12:32 pm
(1) Alun says:

That is a lot more impressive. What I especially like is that Donald Olson is actively looking for corroborating evidence from classicists. It means he has two independent lines of evidence pointing to the same conclusion.

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