Romans – Michael Broad

Domestic cat exhumed from 100 AD in Roman Britain

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 by Michael Broad

Domestic cat unearthed at a Roman amphitheatre at Richborough, Kent

NEWS AND COMMENT: I have been slightly adventurous in the title to this article. But I think I am within acceptable tolerances! Archaeologists have been excavating at an English Heritage site in Richborough, Kent, UK. It’s the site of an amphitheatre just north of Sandwich. Historians have known about it for a long time; …

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