1.02022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Bloghttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022Marinahttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="175" caption="Chedworth Villa, "Winter - holding a brown hare| © The National Trust"]<img src="http://resourcesforhistory.com/Images/photos/mosaic%20of%20winter.jpg" alt="Chedworth Villa, Winter - holding a brown hare| © The National Trust" width="175" height="187" />[/caption] Some introduced species to Britain by the Romans include: <p style="text-align: justify;">Brown hare, Roman snail<span style="color: #000000;">, Peacocks, guinea fowl, pheasants, domestic <a class="pos" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A634655" target="_top">cats</a> and possibly fallow deer.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">...vegetables such as cabbages, peas, celery, onions, parsnips, leeks, turnips, cucumbers, radishes, carrots and asparagus, as well as fruit, including plums, pears, grapes, apples and cherries and nuts such as walnuts. </span></p> <span style="color: #000000;">In addition, they brought over lilies, violets, pansies, poppies and the (somewhat less pleasant) <a class="pos" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1310950" target="_top">stinging nettle</a></span> <p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">see <a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z7XGFSp3drkC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=Roman+introduced+species+to+britain&source=bl&ots=bcve_lmWBf&sig=Xtn8ip4nowRf05op0lYS2MQTRUs&hl=en&ei=ItkzStHbD8-2jAfJ8amgCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3" target="_blank">The Archeology of Animals</a>, Simon Davis</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3436616" target="_blank">Roman Agriculture</a></p>rich