1. Daily Life During Roman Occupation
Roman Britain
Daily Life During Roman Occupation

2. Sources Caesar, Commentarii De Bello Gallico Tacitus, Agricola
Notitia Dignitatum
Tabula Peutigeriana, Itinerarium Provinciarum Antonini
Curse Tablets
Building Inscriptions, altars, tombstones, etc.
Skeletal Remains

3. Military Life in Roman Britain
Population impossible to determine
Male-Female ratio fluctuated
Army comprised essentially of legionaries and auxiliaries
Soldiers performed menial as well as skilled labor
A great deal of time was spent on construction

4. The Roman Army Camp I, L, M Allied infantry and cavalry P, Q, N
Roman legionaries and cavalry
F, E, G
Forum, shrine, augury

5. Town Life
The creation of coloniae were inextricably linked to Roman military camps.

6. Coloniae, Castra, and Vici
Castra eventually develop into towns, or attract the creation of Vici
Coloniae are set up with the actual intent of spreading Roman culture and civilization
Coloniae are populated with military veterans – Boudiccan revolt
Citizenship before 212 A.D.
Leading British families, municipia, and Italians
Cities were multicultural, and after occupation, consisted of many types of immigrants
Location, Location, Location – major intersections and natural resources

7. Towns and Industry
Many towns were developed for the extraction of a certain natural resource
Chalk, Iron, Gold, Silver, Tin, Wool, Slaves
Industrial areas are separate
Pottery and tile kilns, blacksmiths, stone masons, shoemakers, butchers, etc.
Immigrants were faced with a daunting paradigm shift
Money, Roman time, the Latin language

8. While small towns maintained a haphazard street plan, larger towns were built on the Mediterranean style.

9. The Courtyard House Plan
Even after Roman occupation, the peristyle Mediterranean house plan was never popular in Britain. Even settled veterans take up the courtyard plan.
Houses often contained gardens and farming workshops, suggesting some commoners carried out agricultural jobs within the city. Most rooms are impossible to identify.

10. Public buildings Aqueducts, Sewers, and Wells Temples, basilicas Baths
Forum or Macellum
Temples, basilicas
Roads
Valetudinaria
Mansiones
Aqueducts, Sewers, and Wells
Baths
Amphitheaters
Harbors

11. Population Citizenship not guaranteed before 212 A.D.
Men
Women
Citizenship not guaranteed before 212 A.D.
Households often followed pater familias model
Few rights
Revolt of Boudicca
Curse tablets
Status of women in Celtic society vs. Roman Law

12. Government of Roman Britain
Governor (Aulus Plautius, Gnaeus Agricola, Suetonius Paulinus, etc.)
Procurator
Juridici
Colchester
London
Roman Frontier

13. Slavery
Slave quarters, Vindolanda
Slavery existed before the Roman invasion, but Romans recorded slave transactions
Variations in slave status
Slave rights
Forensic pathology and slavery

14. Families
A Cemetary at Boscomb Down, England. The Bronze Age ditch became the Roman town boundary, beyond which they buried their dead.
Polygamy was known in parts of the empire, and there is evidence for pre-Roman practice
Marriage
Family size and contraception
Skeletal Remains
Stone coffin from Boscomb Down, containing a woman and her infant child. c A.D.