ABSTRACT
The lifestyle of women in early Britain depended to a large degree on their wealth and status and, in the Roman period, the extent to which they had absorbed Roman customs. This survey looks at aspects of the daily life of women from both the richer and poorer classes. It is found that the coming of Rome had a considerable impact on the living conditions and lives of the women of early Britain in those areas where such influence had extended, and even in the less Romanised parts the impact was not completely negative. Moreover, the gap, which may have not been so great between the leaders and the led, and between rich and poor, widened during the Occupation.1
