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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Replying to @Jam_mil73 @wallaceme
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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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @wallaceme
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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Replying to @Jam_mil73 @wallaceme
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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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @wallaceme
Question: how many auxiliary units from Africa were stationed in UK? Where were they stationed? Do they correspond to graves?
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Replying to @Jam_mil73 @wallaceme
A number, esp on Wall, but the correspondence to graves isn't perfect eg. no Winchester etc. Don't think this can be the total explanation >
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> in this light! Fwiw, here are two maps showing inscription evidence and where ppl in inscriptions came from, via H. Eckardt, 2014 >pic.twitter.com/js7ouMcKvN
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> which is interesting evidence in its own right, but arguably different thing/additional to evidence for diversity in towns and villas etc
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @wallaceme
Is it really diverse if a rolling half of (African) auxiliaries were here in a minuscule amount? As they'd have been the large number?
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