Excavations in Southwark uncovered part of a large Roman cemetery, with over a hundred burials dating from the 2nd to early 5th century.
Graves were laid out with care, some prone, some on chalk, others accompanied by pottery, glass and jewellery. One grave held a young man, a child and an infant buried together; another included an ivory-handled knife in the form of a leopard.
Isotopic analysis shows that several individuals had spent their childhood near the Mediterranean, evidence of movement into Roman London.
Together, these burials reveal a population that was varied, mobile, and connected to the wider Roman world.
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