> then would have missed 5th-6thC evidence & have virtually nothing... :-/
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yes - I can see towns surviving / thriving and working well within their landscapes in S and E - as well as coastlines >
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> but struggle with understanding their place in West & North as coinage starts to fall away in use from 4th C onwards >
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Replying to @PeterReavill @caitlinrgreen
> V few Siliqua are known from West at all - which is V odd for a thriving market economy only fly in ointment to that is >
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Replying to @PeterReavill @caitlinrgreen
> Byzantine trade and coinage - I think we just need to look harder at the dark / garden earth deposits - evidence is subtle!
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All very true! All most odd in some ways, esp when throw in documentary sources eg apparent continuing Roman-style social >
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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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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @PeterReavill
> 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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