The Lincoln Roman cemetery refers to one of several extramural burial grounds associated with Lindum Colonia, the colonia founded c. AD 90 on the site of the earlier legionary fortress. Cemeteries lined the major roads out of the city — notably along Ermine Street to the north and south, and along the Fosse Way — and were in use from the late 1st through the 4th century, serving both the upper colonia and the lower walled town and its suburbs.
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As one of the four coloniae of Roman Britain, Lincoln's burial populations reflect a relatively high-status urban community including veterans, their descendants, and incoming traders; tombstones from the city (including those of legionaries of Legio IX Hispana and Legio II Adiutrix) are among the most important epigraphic evidence for the early Roman military presence in northern Britain.
Excavations, particularly along Newport (north of the upper colonia) and at sites south of the city such as Monson Street and South Common, have produced both cremations (predominant in the 1st–2nd century) and later inhumations, including stone sarcophagi, lead coffins, and gypsum burials characteristic of late Roman practice. Funerary monuments recovered include the well-known tombstones of Gaius Saufeius and Titus Valerius Pudens, though the precise cemetery referenced by the given coordinates (which fall within the upper city) is not securely identifiable without further context.
The Lincoln Roman cemetery refers to one of several extramural burial grounds associated with Lindum Colonia, the colonia founded c. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a cemetery site from the Roman period in Britain.
Lincoln Roman cemetery is classified as a Roman cemetery — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Portion of Roman fosse and mound W of the Temple Gardens (0.1 km), Section of Roman town wall S of the Bishop's Palace (0.2 km), Roman remains beneath Boots building (0.3 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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