6 December 2021
A talk to explore the evidence for the presence of Christianity in the military frontier zone of Roman Britain in the 4th & 5th centuries.
Drawing on historic finds and more recent discoveries from sites such as Binchester and Vindolanda, the extent to which the Christian church was established in the final century of Roman rule will be considered. Building on this, it will also try to understand the role of the Church in the ‘difficult’ 5th century as society north and south of Wall went through important social transformations.
Dr David Petts is Associate Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University and a specialist in the archaeology of the early church in late Roman and early medieval Britain. Having excavated extensively at the Roman fort of Binchester he is now conducting fieldwork on Holy Island-Lindisfarne.
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