In the first book-length study that combines the history of Britain with animal studies, Boston College Professor of History Robin Fleming explores the social, cultural, and ritual histories of Roman Britain’s people through an investigation of their entanglements with dogs. Thinking with Dogs in Roman Britain: Lived Experience, Inequality, and Ritual in a Roman Province (Oxford University Press, 2026) examines the evidence of more than 1,700 Roman-period dogs preserved in structured deposits. Fleming investigates the lives of real dogs in Britain under Rome, some of which were pampered working or personal animals, but many of which had hard lives and had to fend for themselves. The book then explores how the period’s authors used both pampered dogs and strays as metaphors, shedding light on issues of hierarchy, inequality, and enslavement. Fleming also looks at the widespread use of dogs as a material of religion, investigating their role as sacrificial animals and ritual agents. Thinking with Dogs in Roman Britain is based on Fleming’s 2022 James Ford Lectures in British History. Fleming is a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient whose previous publications include The Material Fall of Roman Britain: The Roman Material Culture Regime and its End and Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise of the Middle Ages, c. 400–c. 1050.