... towns and villages that dotted the Roman countryside. Markets were a regular feature of Roman life and took place every nine days (nundinae), i.e., every eight days by modern reckoning. Inscribed marble slabs with peg holes to mark market days (parapegmata) have been...

... culture Military community Querns Shiptonthorpe settlement Bathing Burials Feasting deposits Infancy rural settlement Roman countryside Roman villas population land tenure industry Roman roads It is a paradox that, while the vast majority of the population of Roman Britain were...