Kwakukhona umngcwabo ongavamile futhi obonakala uyingqayizivele owenzeka endaweni yaseBhrithani esikhathini esithile ngekhulu lesithathu noma lesine AD. Ngo-1991, lapho abavubukuli bemba indawo yokungcwaba yamaRoma Brithani eNorthamptonshire, bamangala lapho bethola ukuthi engqikithini yezinsalela zamathuna ezingu-35, eyodwa kuphela yayimbelwe phansi.
Nakuba lokhu kunikeze umbono wokuma okungakhethi kahle emphakathini, isikhundla ngokwaso bekungesona esingavamile kangako. Umlomo wendoda yiwo owaqopha umlando. Ithambo elalinegciwane lanikeza ubufakazi bokuthi ulimi lwale ndoda, eyayineminyaka engamashumi amathathu ngesikhathi ishona, yayinqanyuliwe kwafakwa itshe eliyisicaba.
Imithombo yemivubukulo ayikhulumi ngalolu hlobo lokucwiywa kwezitho zomzimba, okungenzeka kube isiqalo sesiko elisha noma mhlawumbe uhlobo lwesijeziso.
Kodwa-ke, amanye amathuna aseRoma aseBrithani aqukethe izidumbu eziqediwe ngezinto. Ayikho imithetho eyaziwayo yamaRoma mayelana nokususwa kwezilimi. Iningi linamatshe noma izimbiza esikhundleni samakhanda alo alahlekile.
Kuyimfihlakalo ukuthi kungani ulimi lwendoda lukhishwe emlonyeni wayo. Ngokwesazi sesayensi yamathambo esintu sase-Historic England, uSimon Mays, izithombe zokumbiwa okwenzeka ngo-1991 zibonisa ukuthi uhlaka lwamathambo ale ndoda lwatholakala lubheke phansi ingalo yayo yesokudla iphumele ngaphandle ngendlela engavamile. Lokhu kungase kube ubufakazi bokuthi le ndoda yayiboshwe ngesikhathi ishona.
UMays wathola izibonelo zeziguli ezaziphethwe yizifo zengqondo ezimbi kakhulu futhi zineziqephu zengqondo ezabangela ukuba zilume ulimi lwazo ezincwadini zezokwelapha zesimanje. UMays waqagela ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi indoda yasendulo yabhekana nesifo esinjalo. Uqhube wathi kungenzeka ukuthi wayeboshiwe ngesikhathi eshona ngoba abantu emphakathini babembheka njengoyingozi.