To be honest I somewhat doubt that. The case of the Aethiopian soldier shows that even to the Punic Severus it was unusual.
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Replying to @EvanSchultheis @Lord_Keynes2 and
Yes you may well be right. Quantification is all the rage in anc history right now. What was pop of Rom Britain ?
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Replying to @Nakhthor @Lord_Keynes2 and
About 3.5 million with 40,000 from the military, 1.5% of the population was from the army.
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Replying to @EvanSchultheis @Lord_Keynes2 and
what percentage would be urban ?
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Replying to @Nakhthor @EvanSchultheis and
Most modern RB popn figures derive from Martin Millett's: suggests c.125,000 for army+dependents & c.240,000 for urban popn (1990, tab 8.5)…
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and
> For what it is worth, we do have some potential data on ppl of possibly 'Sub-Saharan' ancestry in RB urban centres. E.g. this paper on >
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and
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> Roman York, https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744286383771127808 …, used forensic anthropology techniques to look at burials in 2 cems, concluded at least 12% in >
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and
> higher-status The Railway cem likely to be of 'Sub-Saharan' ancestry, & similar results from Roman London & Leicester (at York, closest >
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and
> affinity was found to be to 'African American' sample popn). Make of that what you will, but thought I'd mention :)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and
Genetic study on the London cemetery showed local, mediterranean, and 1 levantine ancestry.
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This was a separate study to the one I was referring to (based on Lant St burials) :) But I agree, more ancient DNA studies def useful!
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Nakhthor and
Ah my mistake, I thought they were the same burial.
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