The Picts: The People Rome Could Never Conquer

Podcast: Lost and Hidden History · Forbidden Knowledge Network

Opublikowano: 2026-10-13

In 685, Northumbrian king Ecgfrith entered Pictish territory with an army and did not return. The principal surviving account comes from Bede, a Northumbrian monk writing decades later. He records Ecgfrith’s death and the destruction of much of his force, but gives no detailed battlefield narrative and no certain location. The battle is often placed near Dunnichen in Angus, while a carved stone at nearby Aberlemno is often said to show the conflict. Neither identification is secure. This episode follows the people later called the Picts through the uneven evidence they left behind: Roman ac...