Explore the fascinating story of a disabled teenager who lived in Roman Britain nearly 2,000 years ago. Through the osteological study of their remains, we uncover how they adapted to life with impairments and what their care reveals about attitudes toward disability in the ancient world. Discover how this young individual’s life challenges our modern assumptions about Roman society and the treatment of people with disabilities.

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References

Castells Navarro, L., Southwell-Wright, W., Manchester, K. and Buckberry, J. (2017) Interpretation of a probable case of Poliomyelitis in the Romano-British social context.

Nagouse, E. and Jenner, G. (2021) "Disability in the Ancient World", You're Dead to Me Podcast. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0b0wd4p

Roberts, C.A., Knüsel, C.J. and Race, L. (2004) "A foot deformity from a Romano-British cemetery at Gloucester, England, and the current evidence for talipes in palaeopathology", Int. J. Osteoarchaeol., 14: 389-403. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.723

Tilly, L. (2012) "The Bioarchaeology of Care", The Society of American Archaeology Archaeological Record 12 (3), 39-41.

Music

Intro: Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?collection=005 Artist: http://incompetech.com/