Why couldn't the Romans conquer Ireland?

It's too cold, too wet and you can't grow wine or olives here. Hibernia basically means winter in Latin.

The conquest of Britannia is one of the greatest contrasts between Caligula and Claudius. While the first was a madman obsessed with becoming a god whose delusions brought him early death and damnation, his crippled uncle (whom he marginalized for years) achieved everything he could not, conquering Britain and being declared a god after his death. Without a doubt good old Claudius got the last laugh

There was an excavation in Charlestown, Ireland 🇮🇪 in Dublin where a few university historians discovered Roman coins and religious material .

Caligula's war against Nepture is such a shitpost lol

"I'll tell you this. If the sword is all that you're prepared to show us Britons, then be prepared to carry it forever in your hand... and sleep with it forever by your side at night! For you will need it!" Caratacus' speech in the Roman Senate

I was visiting Wales and my friend and I decided to take a side trip to Ireland. Both she and I have taken many ferries. Irish Sea is unbelievably difficult which sailors would label confused. I never saw so many people throwing up at one time.

Julius Caesar wasn't named the "general in charge of conquering Gaul", in fact he did so against the wishes of the Senate and essentially on his own dime along with the support of Crassus and Pompey. He basically used a migrating Tribe entering Roman Territory as an excuse to conquer Gaul

Not only did the Romans ultimately decide that Ireland was not worth the cost of conquest, but Scotland, also, represented a poor return on investment. It was more profitable to wall it off (Hadrian and Antonius Pius) and enlarge the empire in other areas (Dacia/Romania and the Parthian frontier). Ultimately, Britain fell due to attacks from three sides, with attacks from Ireland and Scotland splitting the Roman defense allowing the Saxons to take over.

It was king tuathal techtmar. One of the greatest irish high kings that ever lived. That mans story alone is legendary and deserves a movie. His family got massacred and he and his mother fled to Argicola when he was just a child. Argicola raised him as his own and educated him in the roman ways . He even hired a bunch of Irish exiled warriors to be his protection. These became known as the legendary na fianna. 600 of na fianna and tuathal reconquerd ireland. The romans thought they had a puppet in place but tuathtal turned on his roman paymasters and argicola . He invaded both wales and scoland and he started those rebellions in the Highlands. Argicola got recalled to rome over it. End of his career. As he had to withdraw from the Highlands. The legends of fionn mc cool and na fianna stories all come from tuathals dynasty. Some historian's point out that it was during tuathals reign that he was able to asert a lot of control over all the scotti tribes in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, that the romans never again invaded Scotland in that kind of force and Ireland was forever off the table of conquest. which ended up with the romans building hydrians wall . Even niall of the nine hostages " the guy in the saint patricks story" was a decendant of tuathals. Niall got wacked because he demanded tribune of king of leinster . A tribute that was paid since tuathals time. Most of the roman settlements and trading post's that have been found in ireland recently date back to tuathals regin. He kept trading with rome but turned on argicola and ousted him as governor of britianna. Argicola and tuathal need a movie. Its the strory when a great roman general was bested by a barbarian king. They never had a pitched battle. Tuathtal use to invade Britain wrile up the tribes. Then jump back on the boat and be gona by the time argicola come. Tuathals dynasty ruled part's of ireland right up till the ulster plantations. Even parts of king charles crown jewels are tuathals. History is written by the Victor's. However ireland and Scotland is one place they couldn't win. So they overlook it. All dowb to a guy named tuthal techtmar. A man that had been largely written out of history because he took on a superpower and won. He always does get a wee footnite in argicolas story. They always mention the exiled irish prince.

The Romans arrived in Ireland after they had secured Great Britain. The weather wass so bad they renamed Ireland: Hibernia which means land of eternal winter. Isn't that a grand little story.

It’s not that they couldn’t, it’s that they didn’t deem it worth conquering.

The Romans had no chance, Ireland couldn't even conquer Ireland...

A lot of people saying Ireland had nothing going for it, there was a lot of gold and jewellery being crafted in Ireland centuries before and after the Roman Empire

And Irish monks played an important in christanizing northern Europe and Germania

Very interesting video. As an American I know very little about Europe and it's history. It is very hard to muddle through all the names and countries and timelines and it becomes boring really fast when you are trying to read it. However, your presentation is both interesting and informative without being dry and I learned a lot; just the maps alone were great since names of places you never heard of aren't wildly helpful. Thank you for this and you have a new subscriber.

Hibernia does not mean "winter" in relation to Ireland. It's a derivation of Ivernia, as the island was named by the Greek Ptolemy, who drew the first known maps of Ireland and Britain around 100BC. Ivernia probably derives from Ierne, from the goddess Eriu.

Even the Greenland Eskimos that paddled their kayaks there, looked around, and then paddled back to Greenland, the whole way back thinking, "Yikes, what were them freckly things?"

The leprechauns were to much to deal with

Ireland would have had better roads and infrastructure.

The very question betrays a misunderstanding of Roman civilisation. Although generals were inclined to boast about their "conquests" the reality is that the empire spread more like the EU - by trade deals, harmonisation and infrastructure development. People queued up to JOIN the empire voluntarily and that is certainly true in Britain - the "invasion" was at the invitation of British tribes that were already important trading partners. The "pax romana" ultimately benefited everyone, which is why the whole country remained nostalgic about Roman union for centuries afte it collapsed (hence "King Arthur"). Its also why Rome had to build walls - including Hadrians - to keep illegal migrants out (and levy taxes on goods). Given that context, its obvious that Ireland didn't join the Roman empire because there was no money in it. Much of it was bogland after all. Same in Scotland. Neither battles nor rebels had anything to do with it. BTW, this view also explains why the Irish were so enthusiastic about Christianity at an early date - because it opened doors to the Roman and post-Roman civilisation they had previously been denied.