This thread is a great place to start for anyone wanting to understand African presence in Roman Britain @wmarybeard @nntalebhttps://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/890897245142474754 …
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The question of how Romans/Romano-Britons would have seen this and or conceived of race etc is an entirely distinct topic—this thread >
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> was a response to the fuss over the BBC depiction & using my research+others' on mobility in that era :) Likewise distinct is question >
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> of relationship between population of Roman Britain & modern population/DNA proportions etc, though some folk seem not to get this (and >
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> seem to want to assume a simplistic linear relationship when clear that relationship is loose at best! There's 1600–2000 yrs separating >
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> modern popn from Roman one, during which major changes + events incl end of Roman rule, deurbanisation, reurbanisation, Anglo-Saxon >
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> immigration, Viking invasions, Normans etc etc etc...!) :)
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I may be wrong, but wasn't the hubub over the presentation of a sub-Saharan African as a typical representative of Roman Britain?
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There seems to be much confusion from conflating Berbers/Punics from N. Africa w/ blacks from below Sahara. Can you clarify this?
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Do they though? The abstract you posted for York just says "African"; the London one "south Mediterranean". Am I missing something?
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These figures all seem to be about Africa in general: where are figures for sub-Saharan Africa?
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No, the BBC article was using the phrase "A typical Roman family in Britain" - which is most definitely a lie... it is meant for schools.
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@caitlinrgreen's article sounds balanced inasmuch as presents evidence, and shouldn't be big news to any1 aware Roman Med had southern shore -
Having said that, feeding this to children is profoundly dishonest.pic.twitter.com/CXyujbm1tT
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