Arbeia Roman fort is literally named after the Arab troops stationed there. Septimius Severus, the emperor who died in York, was Libyan.https://twitter.com/prisonplanet/status/889804329082912769 …
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> similar figures from Roman London (24% of probable African origin) & other cities too e.g. Leicester=6% etc etc.https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/781944932550512642 …
All I'm seeing from this is that auxiliaries were stationed or fought close by, that's it. No idea if died naturally or in battle.
This might work for some cems, but def not all—urban cems esp are used over long period, some high status, men+women+children present etc >
> plus some evidence from countryside too etc, e.g. https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/735761635806060544 … ...
Honestly Caitlin, if several hundred brits were found in Africa would that make it ethnically diverse or a fragment of history?
Well, there are graves of Britons in Roman-era N. Africa and Near East, but I think the evidence we have suggests a significant degree of >
> diversity in at least urban populations and also beyond in Roman Britain, which is def worth noting given the evidence we have esp re: >
I'd say east med ethnically diverse, it's was a hotbed for everything. Britain on fringe not diverse. Just a colony. A wet one at that.
Because some auxiliary units were from Africa, that makes Britain ethnically diverse? Really? More like colonisers/Romans staying at camp.
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