In this essay I will examine the Romano-British site of Piddington Roman Villa. I will examine its distinctively Roman characteristics and its British characteristics. I will draw a conclusion based on the finds to see what features I think are most distinctive at this particular site. I will also comment on how local populations may have adapted to cultural changes. It is known that the site has been in use for an extremely long period of time. There is archaeological evidence of remains of activity as early as 8,000 BC. Neolithic and Bronze Age peoples have left traces of flint tools and arrowheads, while remains of round houses of Iron Age peoples can be found. It seems that starting from the Roman invasion of 43 AD the site, which until then had only known simple communities, began to have a strong military presence. (UNAS – http://www.unas.org.uk/magazine/magview.php?ID=1&date=1512). A Roman villa like that of Piddington is in itself unique in Roman culture. This type of building has never been seen anywhere in pre-Roman Britain. Typical features of a Roman villa present are a courtyard, which contained a stone-lined well, the largest of its kind of this period in Britain. Evidence from Roman coins found at the site suggests that the courtyard is likely to have been used as a meeting place to conduct trade. (Selkirk, P.60). The villa also has two bathrooms, separated from each other. This may suggest that they were used based on social status. The larger one, located to the north at the edge of the building, and away from the main body of the structure, may have been used by the workers of the villa, while a smaller bathroom, located inside the main body of the villa buildings, we were probably us... at the center of the card... their unique tools and cosmetic artifacts. Bibliography; PT Craddock, A Burnett and K Preston, Hellenistic copper-based coinage and the origins of brass. Published by Oxford University Press in 2002.RM Friendship Taylor, Iron Age and Roman Piddington: An Interim Report on the Excavation of a Late Iron Age Settlement and Romano-British Villa in Northamptonshire. Published by the Upper Nene Archaeological Society in 1989. George Clark, An Illustrated History of Great Britain, second edition. Published by Oxford University Press in 1982Tim Taylor, The Time Team Guide To The History of Great Britain. Published by Transworld Publishers in 2006.UNAS Piddington Dig Diary - http://www.unas.org.uk – Excavation information from 2005 to 2010.Current Archaeology, 30 August 2007 edition. Edited by Andrew Selkirk. Published by Current publication.