Julia Velva, A Roman Lady from York

An intriguing examination of what we can learn about life in Roman Britain, using one woman’s third-century tombstone as a starting point. The tombstone of Julia Velva, one of the best-preserved examples from Roman Britain, was found close to a Roman road just outside the center of York. Fifty years old when she died in the early third century, Julia Velva was probably from a wealthy family able to afford a fine monument. Patrick Ottaway uses the tombstone as the starting point to investigate wh