As I'm tagged in this, I will simply add that Mark is certainly right here on Roman Britain. E.g. At Roman York, cemetery studies indicate >
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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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No problem :) Hope it's interesting/useful! Fwiw, most fascinating recent study showed not only ppl of African origin in suburban London >
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> (c.24% of sample tested) but also a small number of East Asians...! (Some DNA evidence for same in Roman Italy, fwiw)
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And tbh..who'd have left Africa deliberately to get wet here?
not much foeuptune or fame either!
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Has to be said, a fair number of Roman writers had similar views on the merits of Britain. Yet people did clearly come!
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For the hunting dogs, the slaves and the tin, IIRC - was that Caesar or Agricola?
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