. England, from earliest times to the Great Charter . Pi,AN OP A Simple Romano-British HouseFrom Archaeologia, by permission of the Society of Antiquaries of London walls of the rooms were as a rule coloured, sometimes a classicalor conventional pattern being used, sometimes a simple flatwash being adopted. In the richer houses the walls may havebeen lined with marble.^ As to the rooms, these varied innumber and size as much as they do to-day; as a rule,however, the number of the rooms was greater, perhaps toprovide accommodation for the slaves. Of the contents ofthe houses it is not possible
. England, from earliest times to the Great Charter . Pi,AN OP A Simple Romano-British HouseFrom Archaeologia, by permission of the Society of Antiquaries of London walls of the rooms were as a rule coloured, sometimes a classicalor conventional pattern being used, sometimes a simple flatwash being adopted. In the richer houses the walls may havebeen lined with marble.^ As to the rooms, these varied innumber and size as much as they do to-day; as a rule,however, the number of the rooms was greater, perhaps toprovide accommodation for the slaves. Of the contents ofthe houses it is not possible here to speak at length. Offurniture or hangings or pictures little is left to us. Fromthe pieces of glass and pottery which have been found we canjudge that the contents were worthy of the dwellings. 1 The Romans were very partial to marble for house decoration. Mamvirra,Caesars praefectus fabr&m in Gaul, was the first to set the fashion of liningthe walls with marble. It would suit the ItaUan sunshine better than theBritish climate. 60. Pi, Examples of Samian Ware and Roman Cut Gi,ass 60 THE ROMAN OCCUPATION It would be a fundamental mistake to think that thesehouses were inhabited solely by Romans from Italy or thatthe Britons had no share in the wealth and civilization whichRoman rule had introduced. The men who built thesehouses were either retired soldiers, or traders, or professionalmen. The nationalities of all three classes were very diverse.^Men came either to fight, or teach, or cure, or trade fromevery part of the Empire. All these, of course, were notRoman citizens, but we find whole districts being granted thatgreat right, and the inhabitants of the coloniae were probablyRoman citizens, though none of them may ever have seenRome. In the later years of the Empire, when citizenshiphad been given to almost all the provincials in order to bringmore taxes into the Imperial treasury, we may say that probablythe majority of people in Britain were Roman citizens.
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