From a geopolitical perspective the Battle of Colloden was one of the many proxy wars in Europe's wars of succession of the Eighteenth Century. And like the other proxy wars it was devastating to the local people who fought it.
Hadrian's Wall was not built to keep barbarous Scotts out of England. Rather it was built to keep the rebellious English in (surprise) and for a host of other reasons as Bruce explains with his own brand of philosophy.
Traditions are a tribute and preservation of history. And in Scotland their is no finer tradition than the kilt. So why has the kilt changed so much over the centuries.
