Two Roman bronze statuettes of Minerva, found in Lincoln and now in @collectionusherpic.twitter.com/ZMevw0Dx6f
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The tombstone of Claudia Crysis from 2ndC Roman Lincoln, who died aged 90 :) Further info: https://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/?/blog/view/claudia-crysis-roman-britains-oldest-woman …pic.twitter.com/UGTSFDQvIV
90? Blimey, That's an excellent age.
Absolutely! Potentially the oldest known person from Roman Britain! :)
What was the average life span in that time? Even now 90 is a really good age!
Very hard to know with any degree of certainty, but certainly significantly lower than that!
@rogueclassicist A Greek "by race" for "natione"?
Yes, that's RIB 251's take on it :)
Alternatives "an ethnic Greek" or "a Greek national" would be anachronistic.
All these identity terms are horribly culture-specific: it's very tricky.
New Roman Blogpost today on Late Roman gender identity: http://martinnicholsroman.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/gender-bending-in-late-empire-and-beyond.html …
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