In Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain, first published in 1991, Professor Dorothy Watts sets out to distinguish possible Pagan features in Romano-British Christianity in the period leading up to and immediately following the withdrawal of Roman forces in AD 410.

Watts argues that British Christianity at the time contained many Pagan influences, suggesting that the former, although it had been present in the British Isles for some two centuries, was not nearly as firmly established as in other parts of the Empire. Building on recent developments in the archaeology of Roman Britain, and utilising a nuanced method for deciphering the significance of objects with ambiguous religious identities, Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain will be of interest to classicists, students of the history of the British Isles, Church historians, and also to those generally interested in the place of Christianity during the twilight of the Western Roman Empire.

Table of Contents
List of figures
Preface
I THE RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
II SIGNIFICANT PRIOR RESEARCH
III IDENTIFICATION OF CHRISTIAN CEMETERIES
1 Infant burial as a criterion
2 Other suggested criteria
3 Application of the criteria
IV IDENTIFICATION OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
1 Suggested criteria
2 Application of the criteria
V FURTHER CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS AND INSCRIPTIONS
1 A reappraisal of the Thetford Treasure
2 Circular lead tanks and their significance
3 Probable Christian symbols from Chedworth and Poundbury
VI LINKS WITH PAGAN RELIGIONS AND PRACTICES
1 The evidence
2 Assessment
VII CONCLUSIONS
Appendix: Strainers and other instruments in early Church ritual (Eoin de Bhaldraithe)
Notes
Bibliography: Archaeological and secondary sources
Name index
Place index
General index

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