ROMANIZATION IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LAND-SYSTEM I have dealt with the language and the material civilization of the province of Britain.

I pass to a third and harder question, the administrative and legal framework of local Romano-British life.

Here we have to discuss the extent to which the Roman town-system of the _colonia_ and _municipium_, and the Roman land-system of the _villa_ penetrated Britain.

And, first, as to the towns.

Britain, we know, contained five municipalities of the privileged Italian type.