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ArticleMolecular biology and evolution2024

Low Genetic Impact of the Roman Occupation of Britain in Rural Communities.

Christiana L Scheib, Ruoyun Hui, Alice K Rose, Eugenia D'Atanasio, Sarah A Inskip, Jenna Dittmar, Craig Cessford, Samuel J Griffith, Anu Solnik, Rob Wiseman and 13 more

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Article in Molecular biology and evolution, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. On the Edge of Empire: Paleogenomic Insights into Roman Dacia.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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23 authors.

Christiana L ScheibEstonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu  Tartu 51010, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0003-4158-8296
Ruoyun HuiMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5689-7131
Alice K RoseMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1755-7174
Eugenia D'AtanasioInstitute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, IBPM CNR, Rome 00185, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4965-246X
Sarah A InskipMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7424-2094
Jenna DittmarMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3514-1869
Craig CessfordCambridge Archaeological Unit, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0DT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7291-7828
Samuel J GriffithEstonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu  Tartu 51010, Estonia.ORCID 0009-0001-2335-9054
Anu SolnikCore Facility, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.
Rob WisemanCore Facility, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0001-8947-5624
Benjamin NeilCore Facility, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu 51010, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0002-7183-4622
Trish BiersDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1467-7667
Sarah-Jane HarknettMuseum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.ORCID 0009-0004-9922-6364
Stefania SassoEstonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu  Tartu 51010, Estonia.ORCID 0009-0008-1090-5731
Simone A BiaginiInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4488-3162
Göran RunfeldtFamilyTreeDNA, Gene by Gene, Houston, TX 77008, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1313-3123
Corinne DuhigWolfson College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9BB, UK.
Christopher EvansDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9203-1354
Mait MetspaluEstonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu  Tartu 51010, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0003-3099-9161
Martin J MillettFaculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4073-3260
Tamsin C O'ConnellDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4744-0332
John E RobbDepartment of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.
Toomas KivisildEstonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu  Tartu 51010, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0002-6297-7808

Funding

Estonian Research Council PRG243European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020.4.01.15-0012European Union through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020.4.01.16-0030St John's College, CambridgeWellcome TrustWellcome Trust 2000368/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Roman period saw the empire expand across Europe and the Mediterranean, including much of what is today Great Britain. While there is written evidence of high mobility into and out of Britain for administrators, traders, and the military, the impact of imperialism on local, rural population structure, kinship, and mobility is invisible in the textual record. The extent of genetic change that occurred in Britain during the Roman military occupation remains underexplored. Here, using genome-wide data from 52 ancient individuals from eight sites in Cambridgeshire covering the period of Roman occupation, we show low levels of genetic ancestry differentiation between Romano-British sites and indications of larger populations than in the Bronze Age and Neolithic. We find no evidence of long-distance migration from elsewhere in the Empire, though we do find one case of possible temporary mobility within a family unit during the Late Romano-British period. We also show that the present-day patterns of genetic ancestry composition in Britain emerged after the Roman period.

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Human MigrationRural PopulationDNA, AncientGenetics, PopulationHistory, AncientHumansUnited KingdomDNA, Ancientancient DNAgenomicskinshippopulation genomicsRomanUnited Kingdom

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PMID39268685
PMCPMC11393495

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