Rome: City + Empire contains wonderful objects but elides the bloody cost of imperialism
- Written by Caillan Davenport, Senior Lecturer in Roman History, Macquarie University
Coins from the Hoxne Treasure,
Hoxne, England, late 4th – early 5th century CE
silver
1994,0401.299.1-20
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