That isn't how Roman policy, or human life, works - some were deployed, then redeployed, sure. Over 350 years, though, plenty lived and
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Honestly Caitlin, if several hundred brits were found in Africa would that make it ethnically diverse or a fragment of history?
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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 >
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> diversity in at least urban populations and also beyond in Roman Britain, which is def worth noting given the evidence we have esp re: >
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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.

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True on weather: some of the letters home requesting socks show people underwhelmed by the weather here! But I guess my point here is that >
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> if you look at the major cities, have evidence of *considerable* diversity in the Roman-era urban populations, as well as on the Wall etc>
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> and where we have evidence from other areas we find it there too. E.g. even in 'post-Roman' south Wales (5–7thC) we have likely African >
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And I do very much appreciate you taking your time to chat about this! A couple of friends will be interested to hear about it!


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