Julia Velva, a Roman Lady from York: Her Life and Times Revealed

by Patrick Ottaway

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 what the world she lived in was like.

Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526710978
• ISBN13: 9781526710970
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.8"