Fwiw, c.47% of Romano-British cemeteries investigated isotopically have evidence of at least 1 person from Africa…https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/734829125404364800 …
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See also recent large study of Roman Leicester, where 6% of those interred in cemetery are poss of African descent: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38172433 …
Worth noting, incidentally, that men, women and children all feature, and examples not just from urban burials, e.g.https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/735761635806060544 …
Likewise, evidence indicates not just 1st gen migrants but also 2nd gen who grew up in Britain etc & presence of people of 'mixed' ancestry…
People also of varying status+roles, incl v high status eg. https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/736890264728539136 … Indeed, higher-status cem at York has higher proportion!
Of course, this all largely separate/additional to evidence from inscriptions/military units &c—see, for example, https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744866290846818305 … :)
And, of course, worth noting that is some potential evidence for ppl of East Asian ancestry in Roman London too…https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/778304115638202368 …
In sum, seems clear that there is, in fact, notable evidence for diversity in Roman Britain, & that we can start to put figures on this :)
great tweets Caitlin - loving the focus on Roman Britain!
Thanks! :)
Thank you.
@nntaleb just got schooled. It's actually surprising that anyone would *challenge* that the Roman Empire was ethnically diverse.
that is not that strange the map of the roman empire included those area's and the easy way to citizenship was to join the army. Trader etc
@nntaleb That would be higher than now wouldn't it?!? That sounds simply wrong.
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