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Author: * Aurelian Junius -
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Date: May 20, 2007 - 21:43
And here's link to a story in the Daily Mail about the skeleton of a "wealthy" Roman (not a lot of substantiation for that in the story itself) whose grave was recently discovered near St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square. The skeleton and its grave goods will be going on display at the Museum of London starting in August. The skeleton is believed to date from the early 400's. I'm somewhat surprised by the sentimental musings in the article from the Senior Curator at the Museum of London about how this man would have witnessed the beginning of the end of Roman Britain. After all, he may have died even before Constantine III took most of the Roman Army of Britannia off to Gaul to fight the Vandals in 407 AD/CE. And even after Constantine left, it seems to me that things may not have changed radically in Britannia in the short run. The best estimates seem to place the Saxon Advent sometime in the 440's.
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