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How might things have turned out if the Romans had stayed in Britain? Jane Shaw
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Urban life was in sharp decline, buildings were abandoned, infrastructure such as sewers and water pipes ceased to be maintained, the centre of many towns moved (implying abandonment and later rebuilding) and some places, such as Silchester, disappeared.
Large villa estate centres that were agricultural foci were being repurposed or in most cases abandoned.
Material culture radically simplified; so, crudely, people had less stuff and it was of poorer quality.
In particular pottery became local products which differed from the preceding Roman era when non-British pottery containers were used to import from the continent, suggesting a decline in long-distance trade.
Coinage drastically declined or disappeared, suggesting a substantially non-monetised economy based around local barter.
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