Abstract: Literacy in Roman Britain can only be illustrated, not quantified, but the low assessment in Ancient Literacy can be nudged cautiously upward. Inscriptions on stone largely reflect the army’s literacy, which was higher than that of civilians in the towns, let alone the countryside. Literacy in the army extended beyond officers and clerical staff to common soldiers. Civilian literacy in town and countryside can be demonstrated from manuscript sources like the Bloomberg writing-tablets on wood from London and the ‘prayers for justice’ on lead from temples at Bath and Uley
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-07-23
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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