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Roman find in Central London


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Here is a find at the very heart of London:

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770

 

or rather the centre as it is understood to be today.The Civitas was some distance away , near the Bank of London. The inhumation outside the Civitas would be logical , but the "prestige site" remarks seem to be a bit of a leap of faith.

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Verbum exactum cives Londinii Pertinax est! Non id est civitatem.

 

Interesting find, where did the darn head go? And oh, I sure bet there are a bunch of stuff beneath the soil in London to excavate (by the way Pertinax, not sure if you intended to refer to the skeleton as a citizen, Latin 101, cives and civitas are two very different things. Cives is the actual citizen, but civitas is a state.)

Edited by FLavius Valerius Constantinus
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:P I was indeed suggesting inhumation "beyond the pale". I think you are correct as regards likely density of finds.
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