Separating Romans and barbarians: rural settlement and Romano-British material culture in North Britain
This thesis investigates the role which Roman artefacts played within rural settlements in North Britain during the Romano-British period. The possibility that Roman artefacts were used by native Britons as markers of prestige is explored through the presence or absence of Roman artefact types.
Oldest Roman Coin in Britain Discovered
What is believed to be the oldest Roman coin ever found in Britain makes its museum debut, 2220 years after it was made.…
Notes on Early Agriculture in Scotland
Notes on Early Agriculture in Scotland Stevenson, Robert B.K. Agricultural History Review, Volume 8 part 1 (1960) Abstract The archaeological evidence for the…
Agriculture in Roman Britain
Agriculture in Roman Britain Applebaum, Shimon Agricultural History Review, Volume 6:2 (1958) Abstract:
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT
The tradition of writing curses on lead tablets appears to have originated in Greece, with the earliest examples having been discovered in Sicily, Olbia and Attica dated to the fifth century B.C., and by the second century AD they were being written throughout Western Europe, with this practice continuing throughout the Mediterranean until at least the sixth century A.D.