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Old 01-11-2007, 02:26 PM   #13
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The Romans for sure.

There is some doubt about the scale of Germanic peoples' presence in Britain before the abandonment of the island by Rome. It is known, however, that Germanic auxiliary troops had been used for centuries by Rome.
So it is pretty clear that Tolkien meant the Romans in this context.
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