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Known as 'Picti' by the Romans, meaning 'Painted Ones' in Latin, these northern tribes constituted the largest kingdom in Dark Age Scotland. They repelled the conquests of both Romans and Angles, ...

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Britannica said Saint Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and was probably responsible, in part, for the Christianization of the Picts and Anglo-Saxons. He was known as ...

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GIVEN that supporters are often no angels, I have often thought it a trifle ironic that the elite level of Scottish football contains two ...