Sulloniacae
SULLONIACAEa town in Britannia Romana ( Itin. Ant. p. 471), now Brockley Hillin Hertfordshire. (Camden, p. 359.)
[T.H.D]The site, 19.2 km from London and 14.4 from Verulamium on Iter II of the Antonine Itinerary, is partly built on and has no visible remains. Finds point to continuous occupation from ca. A.D. 60, with pre-Roman activity. It was presumably a small town or roadside settlement, although little is known of its buildings. Its importance lay in the production of pottery ca. A.D. 65-150. The extent of the kilns is unknown, but they belonged to a complex of related potteries including Radlett ca. 3 km away, and probably unknown sites nearer London. The potteries sold most of their products locally, but they also specialized in mortaria which were sold throughout the province, accounting for about half of those in use in Britain ca. A.D. 70-120. They were stamped with the maker's name: Bruccius, Doinus, Lallans, Matugenus (die found), Melus and Ripanus (Q. Rutilius) are well attested. The potteries were favorably situated, with Verulamium and London providing large local markets and major roads radiating to all regions of Britain. Finds are in the London Museum.
BIBLIOGRAPHYC. E. Vulliamy, The Archaeology of Middlesex and London (1930) 202-7; various authors in Trans. London and Middlesex Arch. Soc. n.s. 10 (1951) 1-23PI, 201-28PI; 11 (1954) 173-88PI, 259-76PI; 18 (1955) 60-64I; 19 (1956) 64-75PI; notes on potters outdated: see S. S. Frere, Verulamium Excavations I (1971); Reports of Research Comm., Soc. Ant. London 28 (1971).
K. F. HARTLEY