Villas, Sanctuaries and Settlement in the Romano-British Countryside

Contents

Roman villas in Britain and beyond – Martin Henig, Anthony King and Grahame Soffe ;

Where, when and what for? Coin use in the Romano-British countryside – Philippa Walton ;

Villa mosaics and archaeology – Patricia Witts ;

The Roman villas of the Lower Nene Valley and the Praetorium at Castor – Stephen G. Upex ;

Piddington, Northamptonshire: wealthy private farm or imperial property? – Roy and Diana Friendship-Taylor ;

Whitley Grange villa, Shropshire: a hunting lodge and its landscape – Roger White ;

Moor Park, Hertfordshire: two evaluations of an excavation of the 1950s – Victoria Leitch and Martin Biddle ;

Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire: a reinterpretation of the site as a temple rather than a villa – Bryn Walters and David Rider ;

Chedworth, Gloucestershire: a question of interpretation – Bryn Walters and David Rider ;

Acroterial decoration and cantharus fountains – Anthony Beeson ;

The stones with Chi-Rho inscriptions at Chedworth – Stephen R. Cosh ;

The St Laurence School villa, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire – Mark Corney ;

Dinnington and Yarford: two villas in south and west Somerset – Anthony C. King, with a contribution by Christina Grande ;

The Ashtead Roman villa and tileworks – David Bird ;

Lullingstone Roman villa – Martin Henig and Grahame Soffe, with a contribution by Anthony King ;

Clinging to Britannia’s hemline: continuity and discontinuity in villa estates, boundaries and historic land use on the islands of Vectis and Tanatis – David Tomalin ;

Where did Sidonius Apollinaris live? – John Collis ;

From Roman villa to medieval village at the Mola di Monte Gelato, Lazio, Italy – Anthony C. King ;

Index

About the Author

Martin Henig is a Research Associate of the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford and Academic Adviser to the Association for Roman Archaeology.

Grahame Soffe is Chairman of the Association for Roman Archaeology and Editor of ARA, the Bulletin of the Association.

Kate Adcock is a Trustee of the Association for Roman Archaeology and Editor of ARA News.

Anthony King is Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology, University of Winchester, and President of the Association for Roman Archaeology.

Reviews

'... the value and impact of collaborative working shines through; many of the projects described in this volume are helping to transform our understanding of the significance of these sites in the past, simultaneously bringing people and organisations together and demonstrating the value of archaeological research for people and places in the present. This volume will hopefully serve as a catalyst for future research that draws on wider interdisciplinary expertise and sparks new collaborations.' – Sarah Scott (2024): Bryn Mawr Classical Review