Precious little of Roman London survives and the destruction of
Roman levels continues fast as new office foundations are sunk ever
deeper into ancient levels. In recent years the close attention of
the archaeologists of the Museum of London, encouraged by the
co-operation of city developers, has allowed the recording of much
that is being lost. From 1986 to 1988 work was started on 142
archaeological sites in the City, and many others were dug in the
neighbouring boroughs. Every year new information and material is
added to the stores of the Museum of London. Far too much new data
is coming in for it all to be studied properly, with much being
stored against the day that time and money can be found to permit
more leisurely analysis. The first purpose of this book is to bring
together as much as possible of this new information. It is also
written with certain specific problems in mind. Much of the
fascination of Roman London derives from its history of extremes -
it burst into life with extraordinary vigour and quickly became one
of the largest cities in the Roman west but boom seems rapidly to
have turned to bust. How could a city grow so fast, change so much
and fall so far? The
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