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In Roman times modern day Cirencester was known as Corineum and was the major Roman administration centre for western Britain. The name may derive from the local British tribe, the Cornovii. These were wild, unkempt, violent, drunken, brutish, uncivilised people, much like modern day Brits. They wore animal skins and painted their bodies in woad giving them a distinct blue colouration. Some academics believe they were the inspiration for the Smurfs. His wife became suspicious when she noticed the Roman equivalent of lipstick on his collar – woad on his Toga.

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  • In Roman times modern day Cirencester was known as Corineum and was the major Roman administration centre for western Britain. The name may derive from the local British tribe, the Cornovii. These were wild, unkempt, violent, drunken, brutish, uncivilised people, much like modern day Brits. They wore animal skins and painted their bodies in woad giving them a distinct blue colouration. Some academics believe they were the inspiration for the Smurfs. His wife became suspicious when she noticed the Roman equivalent of lipstick on his collar – woad on his Toga.
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  • In Roman times modern day Cirencester was known as Corineum and was the major Roman administration centre for western Britain. The name may derive from the local British tribe, the Cornovii. These were wild, unkempt, violent, drunken, brutish, uncivilised people, much like modern day Brits. They wore animal skins and painted their bodies in woad giving them a distinct blue colouration. Some academics believe they were the inspiration for the Smurfs. The most significant Roman Governor was Coitus Maximus. Maximus was a beast of a man with a prodigious appetite for the ladies. He couldn’t keep it in his subligaculum. He had a particular fondness for the native British women. He was on twenty a day and decided to try and cut down. So he decided have one on the hour every hour. He had his first at eight in the morning with another due at nine. By half past eight he was gagging for it so he decided to have one then and postpone the next one until nine thirty. By nine he was still gagging and thought sod this for a game of Legionaries I have got have one now. ‘Why are these Cornovii so addictive!’ he cried. His wife became suspicious when she noticed the Roman equivalent of lipstick on his collar – woad on his Toga.
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