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'Ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant': The Romans in Scotland, a Palaeoenvironmental Contribution

1993; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 24; Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/526724

1753-5352

Graeme Whittington, Kevin J. Edwards,

Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

Interst in the Roman incursions into Scotland has a long history and, despite the numerous works that have appeared on the subject, there is still no diminution in the appearance of new writings. Of considerable interest is the recent appearance of a paper by Hanson and Breeze which undertakes a critique of existing studies of Roman Scotland and the nature of the data on which they depend, while also suggesting lines along which future enquiry might proceed. Several statements made by them are pertinent to the findings to be reported here. The first of these is that, ‘the relationship between the occupying Roman forces and the indigenous population is relatively poorly understood’. A second is that, ‘the pax Romana has frequently been cited as the occasion for changes in settlement patterns in north Britain’. The third, relating to the impact of the Roman arrival on agriculture and the environment, is that ‘…the pattern which is beginning to emerge suggests that the effect of the Roman army's presence was minimal’.