Posted on 02/04/2020 12:30:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv
These burials date to the Roman period in the United Kingdom, from about A.D. 43 to A.D. 410. Many of the deceased were buried with grave goods, such as pottery and brooches, in what is now Somerset, a county in southwest England...
That community appears to be a culture native in the area, and seems to have merged Iron Age and Roman era burial practices. Some of the buried individuals likely held a high status within their community, Membery added. For instance, an older woman buried with her head on a pillow in a stone-built, coffin-like box (known as a cist) was likely an important person...
Archaeologists also found small nails at the foot of the burials, indicating that many of the people were laid to rest in leather hobnail boots...
Archaeologists found the burials while surveying the area ahead of the construction of a new school. The graves were dug into the bedrock, many with tops and bottoms lined with flat stones to create a coffin. Some of the graves had tented stone roofs, which are less common for this area...
Archaeologists also found traces of Iron Age round-shaped houses as well as a Roman building, in the area. The villa itself has yet to be found, but an outhouse and a barn that may be part of it have been discovered...
In addition, the team found coins with the likeness of the Roman emperor Vespasian (who reigned from A.D. 69 to 79), carved bone that once was likely part of a knife handle and an unusual lead weight that was probably part of a survey tool called a groma, which is similar to a sextant.
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Italy should have to make reparations!
Thanks, SunkenCiv.
Brave Crave to Pave Fave Cave to Save Slave Grave
The Roman Empire was very efficient about collecting taxes and they taxed just about everything. When the Romans on the Limes of the Empire lost their ability to collect taxes, the Empire collapsed.
Very true.
It looks like Emperor Commodus wore the same ring as Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Who could of guessed that they were members of the same masonic lodge? /snort
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