Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1
Ancient Romans
ancient DNA
genomics
Journal
Annals of human biology
ISSN: 1464-5033
Titre abrégé: Ann Hum Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0404024
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
entrez:
30
8
2021
pubmed:
31
8
2021
medline:
20
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Rome became the prosperous Capital of the Roman Empire through the political and military conquests of neighbouring areas. People were able to move Romeward modifying the Rome area's demographic structure. However, the genomic evidence for the population of one of the broadest Empires in antiquity has been sparse until recently. The genomic analysis of people buried in Quarto Cappello del Prete (QCP) necropolis was carried out to help elucidate the genomic structure of Imperial Rome inhabitants. We recruited twenty-five individuals from QCP for ancient DNA analysis through whole-genome sequencing. Multiple investigations were carried out to unveil the genetic components featuring in the studied samples and the community's putative demographic structure. We generated reliable whole-genome data for 7 samples surviving quality controls. The distribution of Imperial Romans from QCP partly overlaps with present-day Southern Mediterranean and Southern-Near Eastern populations. The genomic legacy with the south-eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Central and Western Northern-African coast funerary influence pave the way for considering people buried in QCP as resembling a Punic-derived human group.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Rome became the prosperous Capital of the Roman Empire through the political and military conquests of neighbouring areas. People were able to move Romeward modifying the Rome area's demographic structure. However, the genomic evidence for the population of one of the broadest Empires in antiquity has been sparse until recently.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
The genomic analysis of people buried in Quarto Cappello del Prete (QCP) necropolis was carried out to help elucidate the genomic structure of Imperial Rome inhabitants.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
METHODS
We recruited twenty-five individuals from QCP for ancient DNA analysis through whole-genome sequencing. Multiple investigations were carried out to unveil the genetic components featuring in the studied samples and the community's putative demographic structure.
RESULTS
RESULTS
We generated reliable whole-genome data for 7 samples surviving quality controls. The distribution of Imperial Romans from QCP partly overlaps with present-day Southern Mediterranean and Southern-Near Eastern populations.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
The genomic legacy with the south-eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Central and Western Northern-African coast funerary influence pave the way for considering people buried in QCP as resembling a Punic-derived human group.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34459338
doi: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1944313
doi:
Substances chimiques
DNA, Ancient
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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