The Archaeology of Roman London at Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution

The earliest Roman town was probably more like a frontier town, but the consequences of the Boudiccan revolt in AD60-61 were to change all this. From that date onwards, the Roman city of London began to flourish. This course will examine, using archaeological evidence, the 350-year history of Roman London: its buildings and people, how it was organised and the crafts and trades that were carried out there. Its fortunes changed over the centuries and the sessions will chart its course to the fifth century and its abandonment.