> The article they are referencing is here: https://www.academia.edu/1809286/Pigi%C3%A8re_F._and_Henrotay_D._2012._Camels_in_the_northern_provinces_of_the_Roman_Empire … Have noticed refs to this before, but got interested & chased up... >
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> All seems to go back to Victoria Country History here: http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/03/03/01D/116.htm … Refs from there point to 1902 book >pic.twitter.com/TkGbABEne1
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>which indicates only camel teeth found, not bones :( https://archive.org/stream/greenwichparkits00webs#page/74/mode/1up … Nonetheless, Roman camel teeth in London! Still intriguing! :)
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@caitlinrgreen Very intriguing! We have a steretypical picture of people not using camels in North, but in the scale of the Roman -> -
@caitlinrgreen -> imperium and their pracmatic relationship with all kinds of logistics it makes actually sense. -
@tabularius Indeed! :)
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@caitlinrgreen Do not forget that during early Dark Ages/Vandals Camels were used in Gaul by traders Did Camels enjoy a cruise, maybe? -
@morangles Indeed, as Gregory of Tours & others mention! And maybe! -
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@morangles Very true :)
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@caitlinrgreen Oddly not one of the 49 vertebrate species dug up at Vindolanda! -
@STORI3D_PAST indeed---suggests not common in Britain! -
@caitlinrgreen Shame too - "Camels on the Wall" exhibit would be a huge draw :-)
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@DorothyKing@caitlinrgreen When we first saw this,@llewelyn_morgan was tempted to buy a camel to get around Oxford. Any news on that, LM? -
@pompei79@DorothyKing@caitlinrgreen Tsk, let that slip. But I'm really quite reminiscent of Omar Sharif as I sweep into Oxford on my bike.
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@caitlinrgreen@DorothyKing Not to mention Camelford! :-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen .@nntaleb Were Roman-era camel bones found in Greenwich Park, London? http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Science/article847466.ece … >pic.twitter.com/ECso6SvKLX
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@caitlinrgreen@nntaleb Wanted to read this as Roman-era were camels, those that turn into bedouins by day :(Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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