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The Tales from Trauma project is investigating the origins and mobility of the mid 3rd to late 4th century population of the Roman colonia of Gloucester, using the latest bioarchaeological methods. It focuses on individuals recovered from a large cemetery discovered along Barton Street - one of several large cemeteries used in Gloucester during the Roman period.

Cotswold Archaeology and the University of Exeter have identified signs of higher than normal levels of physical trauma in the bones of the cemetery population. This, along with the presence of intriguing artifacts such as a continental cross bow brooch, suggests that the cemetery was used to inter a particular sector of Gloucester's Roman society that experienced unusually violent lives.

Please note that the talk will include images of the skeletons found in the cemetery.

Doors open at 6:30pm for a 7pm start. Tickets are £10 with all proceeds going towards Gloucester Civic Trust and Gloucester Festival of Archaeology.