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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I very much doubt there were many rich Roman women in Britain at the time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Southern England is loaded with Roman villas that included such luxuries as underfloor central heating. There was plenty of wealth in Roman Britain.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because Britain was at the edge of the empire, they never managed to fully control the island, and the journey from Rome would have been very uncomfortable, long and dangerous.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago