Roman Chedworth Villa active at AD 480

[guy]

There have been previous threads on the Chedworth Roman Villa before. There was some suggestion that the structure had been created and in active use in the fifth century AD (see posts below). More precise radiocarbon dating of charcoal samples have shown that “the mosaic was determined to have a median construction date most likely set in 480s AD.”

This late date of construction confirms the belief that there was an active and thriving RomanoBritish community despite Rome’s official withdrawal from Britain around AD 410.

 

https://bnnbreaking.com/world/uk/chedworth-roman-villa-discovery-challenges-conventional-understanding-of-post-roman-britain/

 

 

 

Edited January 17 by guy

[caldrail]

No suprise to this at all. It's isn't generally realised how many of Roman Britain's well to do families were native, not European. The lesser families used wooden built villas that don't exist any more, so Chedworth represents the legacy of Britain's wealthiest landowners in the late empire and Sub-Roman Britain.

However, many former villas were turned into farmhouses or industrial sites rather than elegant dwellings for rich people.

[guidoLaMoto]

Exactly...

Here in The States, for instance, the homes of the well to do are still often built in the Ante Bellum style- cf- Tara in Gone With The Wind. That doesn't mean all those homeowners are direct descendants of Scarlet O'Hara...It merely shows that people become accustomed to the style of the wealthy and the desirability & symbolism of that can persist. ...Here, the Ante Bellum period was only 70 years long. Imagine the affect of  centuries of Roman influence on style & taste.