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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8441104" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>The PoC at the time the Romans left were not just slaves. They were soldiers, and some high ranking officials. They were also in general better health than what we think of when we think of slave (because we think about how the US treated slaves compared to how the Romans did), and I don't think it's likely that Roman soldiers, or all of these other people, just didn't have any children after they left. Looking at how many PoC were there (thanks again Luca and Andy for the data they gave me), and yes, it is entirely likely.</p><p></p><p>If you don't think noble houses, or regional leaders would have children with PoC (even slaves), then I hate to tell you about the founding fathers of the United States...</p><p></p><p>But even outside of that, we have evidence of high ranking and/or wealthy people who were of sub-Saharan descent in Britain as early as the 3rd century. </p><p></p><p>Thank you, but the more I learned about the actual history, the more likely it all seemed to be, and much less fantasy (in so far as we all agree Arthurian legends were all fantasy, but based on real life individuals), and more reality. Sure, with each generation the gene pool became "more white", but the time of Arthur was less than 100 years after the Romans left, so there were only three generations or so between the two time periods. Close enough that it is in fact entirely probable that at least one of the knights we thought were always white were in fact not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 8441104, member: 15700"] The PoC at the time the Romans left were not just slaves. They were soldiers, and some high ranking officials. They were also in general better health than what we think of when we think of slave (because we think about how the US treated slaves compared to how the Romans did), and I don't think it's likely that Roman soldiers, or all of these other people, just didn't have any children after they left. Looking at how many PoC were there (thanks again Luca and Andy for the data they gave me), and yes, it is entirely likely. If you don't think noble houses, or regional leaders would have children with PoC (even slaves), then I hate to tell you about the founding fathers of the United States... But even outside of that, we have evidence of high ranking and/or wealthy people who were of sub-Saharan descent in Britain as early as the 3rd century. Thank you, but the more I learned about the actual history, the more likely it all seemed to be, and much less fantasy (in so far as we all agree Arthurian legends were all fantasy, but based on real life individuals), and more reality. Sure, with each generation the gene pool became "more white", but the time of Arthur was less than 100 years after the Romans left, so there were only three generations or so between the two time periods. Close enough that it is in fact entirely probable that at least one of the knights we thought were always white were in fact not. [/QUOTE]
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