Yes, must be! Fwiw, evidence from 5th-6thC Lincoln makes Barker's Wroxeter look less lonely -- adds weight/counter scepticism?
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> organisation (St Patrick, inscriptions, consular dating/Byzantine &c) & poss maintenance eg Carlislehttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/701014880602759173 …
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> and as you say, 'dakr earth' needs careful consideration---certainly not seen as sign of urban collapse at Lincoln... yet >
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> at Canterbury it is + influences reconstructions like this one :-/pic.twitter.com/lJiFFjceHk
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Canterbury was exactly where was thinking of - and having dug in dark earth layers within the city - it is a confusing place
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Yes! It certainly looks that way to one reading about it---and again, odd disconnect w/ good documentary record...
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as in to an outsider they are following the Roman style - but inside they are expressing something else . it is what >
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Very possibly! Tho' still sounds v Roman in Patrick's time, no? (father=decurion, expected that son would undertake munera) >
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> and clear Byzantine contacts etc (incl immigrants!) in 'Atlantic' province, as here: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/721621412037992448 … Also, can't >
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> help but think someone trying to appear "Roman" at Carlisle w/ poss title & maintenance of fountain! However, as you say >
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>def not '1 size fits all' era, messy+*def* huge regional variation! & could well have romanitas 'reinterpreted', as you say!
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I do worry about the documents - could Roman style just be the fact that after 300+ years the Romans had left their mark >
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