Post by wellway on Aug 11, 2024 7:57:06 GMT
Interesting article about Roman industry in Britain, lots of beer and salt.
BBC
Imagining Roman Britain conjures up images of emperors, gladiators, posh villas - and the army that held the empire together.
But a much more varied story is emerging, thanks to evidence uncovered by excavations in recent years.
Beer brewing was just one of the industries that grew rapidly to supply the military, and small towns and cities like Camulodunum (Colchester) and Verulamium (St Albans) in the three-and-a-half centuries of Roman rule.
So, what have these digs revealed about daily life in Roman Britain?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9zz5pje04o
BBC
Imagining Roman Britain conjures up images of emperors, gladiators, posh villas - and the army that held the empire together.
But a much more varied story is emerging, thanks to evidence uncovered by excavations in recent years.
Beer brewing was just one of the industries that grew rapidly to supply the military, and small towns and cities like Camulodunum (Colchester) and Verulamium (St Albans) in the three-and-a-half centuries of Roman rule.
So, what have these digs revealed about daily life in Roman Britain?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9zz5pje04o
