being so, we should expect the Roman cattle that were driven into Wales to have remained tame, while those that remained in England became feral. And our expectations are correct. The Roman cattle were confined almost without exception to the parts of the island indicated, and while they were tame in Wales they were feral in England and Scotland. And not only so, but Harting drew up a list of the places at which they are known to have been emparked,[1] and every one of those places in England and Scotland is situated well on the west or just immediately to the east of what we may call Green's line: "The conquest of the bulk of Britain was now (about 588) complete. Eastward of a line which may be roughly drawn along the moorlands of Northumberland and Yorkshire, through Derbyshire and skirting the forest of Arden, to the mouth of the Severn, and thence by Mendip to the sea, the land had passed into English hands. From this time the character of the conquest of Britain had wholly changed. The older wars of extermination came to an end and as the invasion pushed westward in later times the Britons were no longer driven from the soil, but mingled with their conquerors."[2]
The accompanying map shows the locations
- ↑ "British Animals Extinct within Historic Times," 1880.
- ↑ "Short History of the English People," illustrated edition p. 29.
