[HPforGrownups] 382 BC (Ollivander's)

[James P. Robinson III]

No: HPFGUIDX 46707

As the clock struck 03:48 AM 11/16/2002 -0500, eloiseherisson at aol.com took 
pen in hand and wrote:
>But....I just wonder *where* the original Ollivander started making wands. If
>the date is recorded, it is unlikely to be in pre-Roman, or
>pre-Roman-discovered Britain.
>In 382 BC, we're in the realms of British pre-history and before the Romans
>even started expanding out of Italy. It's even before the Greek Pytheas wrote
>his account (in about 320) of his voyage in which he quite possibly
>circumnavigated Britain and which is probably the first direct encounter
>between Britain and the Classical world.

But perhaps the original Ollivander was a Roman wand maker (maybe just an 
apprentice).  After the (nearly complete, saved only by sacred geese) sack 
of Rome in 382 B.C., he decides Rome is not for him and sets off for the 
Antipodes, which would then have been Britain.  He founds his wand shop in 
what will one day become London (there is now evidence that there was a 
pre-existing settlement there when the Romans founded Londinium).

                                                 Jim