CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months agoAnother Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in Englandwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1235arrow-down1external-linkAnother Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in Englandwww.smithsonianmag.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareMrCookieRespect@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoAnd? Are rich woman from the past not allowed to do some knitting in their free time if they want to?
minus-squareKISSmyOS@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·9 months agoI very much doubt there were many rich Roman women in Britain at the time.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoSouthern England is loaded with Roman villas that included such luxuries as underfloor central heating. There was plenty of wealth in Roman Britain.
minus-squareKISSmyOS@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoBecause Britain was at the edge of the empire, they never managed to fully control the island, and the journey from Rome would have been very uncomfortable, long and dangerous.
And? Are rich woman from the past not allowed to do some knitting in their free time if they want to?
I very much doubt there were many rich Roman women in Britain at the time.
Southern England is loaded with Roman villas that included such luxuries as underfloor central heating. There was plenty of wealth in Roman Britain.
Why?
Because Britain was at the edge of the empire, they never managed to fully control the island, and the journey from Rome would have been very uncomfortable, long and dangerous.
Merchants?