Black Londoners through time: African Romans
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The 'Aurelian Moors' are the first recorded African community living in Britain. It is likely that they settled and had families in Britain. A stone bearing the ... Home Families |Year:AD43|AfricanRomans DidyouknowthattheRomansbuiltLondinium–thecitywhereLondonnowstands?RomanskeletonsprovethatAfricanpeoplehavebeenlivinginBritainforatleast2000years. AnactorplaysafictionalRomanLondoner IntheMuseumofLondon'sRomanLondongallery. LondiniumInAD43,theRomansinvadedBritainandbuiltthiscityonthebanksoftheRiverThames.ItwasRomanBritain’slargestcityandaninternationalport.Londiniumwasadiversecity.PeopletravelledherefromallcornersoftheRomanEmpire.Goodslikeoliveoil,spices,pottery,glasswareandclothmovedfromcountrytocountryaspeoplefromdifferentlandstravelledandtradedwitheachother.ManygoodsareimportedintoBritaintoday.Doyouknowwhereyourfoodisgrown?Orwhereyourclothingcomesfrom?LookatthismapoftheRomanEmpiretoseehowfaritstretchedatitsheight. TheRomanEmpirearound120AD MapoftheRomanEmpireatitsheight.©User:Andreinacu/CC-BY-SA-3.0 TheemperorborninAfrica SeptimiusSeverusandfamily©JoséLuizBernardesRibeiro/CCBY-SA4.0 TheRomanEmpireincludedpartsofNorthAfrica.SomepeoplefromcountrieswenowknowasEgypt,Tunisia,AlgeriaandMoroccowereRomancitizens. SeptimiusSeverus,theRomanemperorwhoruledfromAD193–211,wasanAfricanman.HewasborninNorthAfricaintheplacenowcalledLibya.Thisroundpaintingcalleda‘tondo’showsSeptimiusSeveruswithhissecondwifeandchildren. SeptimiusSeverus’ssonCaracallawentontosucceedhimasemperor. The'AurelianMoors' CoinofEmperorMarcusAureliusHistitlewas'AureliusCaesarAugustus,sonofPius’.Howlongisyourname? AstoneinscriptionfoundinCumbriashowsthatinthe3rdcenturyADalegionofRomansoldiersfromNorthAfricawerestationedinBritain. The‘AurelianMoors’werenamedafterEmperorMarcusAurelius(121-180AD).Theword‘Moors’tellsusthattheywerefrom‘Mauretania’–presentdayMoroccoandAlgeria. TheywerestationedalongHadrian’sWall,probablybetweenAD253and258.BasedatthefortressofAballava,theydefendedtheRomanEmpire’snorthernborder. The‘AurelianMoors’arethefirstrecordedAfricancommunitylivinginBritain.ItislikelythattheysettledandhadfamiliesinBritain. Astonebearingthenameofthe‘AurelianMoors’wasfoundin1934.Howmightthisdiscoveryhavechangedpeople’sideasaboutRomanBritain? Justlikeourcoinstoday,Romancoinsoftenfeaturedaportraitofthecurrentruler.ThiscoinshowsEmperorMarcusAurelius. Cluestothepast Archaeologistsstudywhattheyfindintheground-evenhumanskeletons-todiscovermoreaboutpeopleinthepast. ExaminingaskeletonThisisthejawofateenageRomangirl,whichwasfoundinSouthLondon. Bystudyingtheirskeletonsandthechemicalsintheirteethandbones,weareabletoshedlightonwhereRomanLondonersspenttheirearlychildhood,theirheritage,howtheylivedandwhattheyate. ArecentstudyinacemeteryinSouthwarkrevealedtheremainsofseveraladultsofBlackAfricandescent,whoseemtohavetravelledfromthesouthernMediterranean. FindoutmoreabouttheamazingdiversityofRomanLondon. BlackLondonersthroughtime KeepondiscoveringLondon’sBlackhistoryfromtheRomaneratothepresentdayinourtimeline. Tothetimeline! FamilyvisitstotheMuseumofLondonFamilyvisitstotheMuseumofLondonDocklandsFunlearningathome Bethefirsttohearaboutnewexhibitionsandevents Pleaseenteravalidfirstname Pleaseenteravalidlastname Pleaseenteravalidemailaddress Getournewsletter
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