Imagine walls decorated with roller-stamped patterns, their shadows dancing around the walls projected from the hearth's fire. Imagine beautifully decorated box-flues hidden behind layers of plaster and mortar.  Why were they keyed in such a way? The evolution of relief-patterned daub and tiles seems quite unique to first century Britain. Their chronology and lifespan remain a topic of hot debate and their purpose on tiles and walls have been argued as having either a decorative or a purely functional purpose. However, recent studies both in Britain and abroad have shed new light on when and why this phenomenon existed in southern Roman Britain. This research challenges established literature on this subject as well as new theories published on this topic.

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