In the three main cities of London, Colchester and Saint Albans as in all Roman settlements was patriarchal, and the freeborn male citizen possessed political liberty ( libertas) and the right to rule both himself and his household ( familia). Roman society was to shape Britain for the next four centuries. The Roman conquest of Britain begins, creating Roman Britain.Cernunnos is often portrayed naked and erect and features as Celtic god worshipped in modern paganism. The Celts were polytheist worshipping many gods, with Cernunnos the horned god worshipped as a true embodiment of the masculine spirit, protective, caring, kind and loyal, while at the same time adventurous, courageous and strong.Far from finding anything shameful in all this, they feel insulted if anyone refuses the favours they offer'. And what is strangest of all is that, without any thought for a natural sense of modesty, they carelessly surrender their virginity to other man. They usually sleep on the ground on skins of wild animals and tumble about with a bedfellow on either side. Siculus also noted that 'it was an insult if a guest refused an offer of sex from a Celtic man.
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