'Remarkable' Roman 郊外住宅 is discovered in Oxfordshire

Archeologists have discovered a 'remarkable' Roman 郊外住宅 in Oxfordshire while 準備するing for a new 住宅 広い地所. The historical building at Brookside Meadows in the village of Grove, Wantage was once richly decorated with painted plaster and mosaics, typical of the Roman style. 専門家s think it was an aisled building ? a type of rectangular Roman 郊外住宅 that was divided into a 最初の／主要な central area and two 側面に位置するing aisles, a bit like a church.

Also 設立する at the 場所／位置 is a treasure trove of 反対するs, 含むing Roman '悪口を言う／悪態 tablets', belt buckles and coins. 穴掘りs are still 現在進行中の but 結局 houses will be built over the remains. Archaeologists from the Red River Archaeology Group made the findings while 準備するing for a new Barratt and David Wilson Homes 住宅 開発.

によれば the 専門家s, the 場所／位置 is 据えるd on a landscape 住むd since the Bronze Age - a period 継続している from だいたい 3300 BC to 1200 BC. The Romans ? who 侵略するd Britain in AD 43 ? are thought to have been there from the first or second century until the late fourth or fifth century AD.

'The 場所／位置 is far more コンビナート／複合体 than a 正規の／正選手 田舎の 場所／位置,' said Francesca Giarelli, 事業／計画（する） officer at Red River Archaeology Group. '明確に [it] was an important centre of activities for a long time, from the Bronze Age to the later Roman period.'?Remains show the Roman 郊外住宅 was richly decorated with painted plaster and mosaics of floral motifs, while a 'コンビナート／複合体' brick 床に打ち倒す can still be seen.

Also 設立する at the 場所／位置 were hundreds of coins, （犯罪の）一味s and brooches, and a horse-長，率いるd belt buckle dating to AD 350-450. 研究員s say this buckle likely belonged to an エリート member of the Roman army, or someone who wished to be associated with the Roman army ? a form of '軍の chic'. Also 設立する were fragments of Roman flue tiles ? special types of tile that 許すd the 循環／発行部数 of hot 空気／公表する through the 塀で囲むs and under the 床に打ち倒すs.

The system, known as hypocaust, was used in bath-houses and heated rooms, and is an example of the ingenuity of the Romans when it （機の）カム to creating new 国内の systems. There were also 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd fragments of Samian ware, also known as ‘terra sigillata’, the 罰金 tableware of Roman Britain.

ーに関して／ーの点でs of trinkets, 専門家s 暴露するd miniature votive axes ? little axes likely used as an 申し込む／申し出ing to the gods. These could have been deposited on a sacred area, usually to ask for favour with the 刈るs or 収穫.

Most intriguing of all is the 発見 of tightly coiled lead scrolls that, although blank when unrolled, 解任する the famous Roman 'curs e tablets'. The Roman 悪口を言う／悪態 tablets were the vengeful messages inscribed on small sheets of lead or pewter, asking gods and spirits to 行為／法令／行動する on their に代わって.

The presence of both the 悪口を言う／悪態 tablets and the miniature votive axes 示唆する a 巡礼の旅 or ritualistic element somewhere on the 場所／位置. にもかかわらず the historical significance of the Brookside Meadows 場所／位置, it will still be 用意が出来ている for a new collection of homes.

Barratt and David Wilson Homes is 協力するing with archaeologists to carry out continued 穴掘りs at the 場所／位置 of 利益／興味.?Read the 十分な story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13240359/roman-郊外住宅-discovered-grove-oxfordshire.html?ito=msngallery

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