The Roman Era
The British Isles: 55 BC - AD 410
Published on 31. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
310 pages
978-0-19-873194-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Roman period marks the point at which the past of the British Isles starts to be approachable through substantial written sources as well as archaeology. Recent archaeological and documentary discoveries of major importance - and advances in the ways in which this evidence is analysed - make this an appropriate time to reconsider Roman Britain.
This book distils the mass of new knowledge, setting the principal themes within a chronological framework. The team of contributing authors, which includes some of those most closely involved in discovery and analysis, applies both imagination and common sense to their subject. This book provides a lively picture of current knowledge and opinion about the Roman era in the history of the British Isles at this particularly exciting point in the evolution of the subject.
This book distils the mass of new knowledge, setting the principal themes within a chronological framework. The team of contributing authors, which includes some of those most closely involved in discovery and analysis, applies both imagination and common sense to their subject. This book provides a lively picture of current knowledge and opinion about the Roman era in the history of the British Isles at this particularly exciting point in the evolution of the subject.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
18pp maps; 12 halftones and numerous line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-873194-8 (9780198731948)
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01/2002
Oxford University Press
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Person
Peter Salway, All Souls College, Oxford, Emeritus Professor, The Open University. He is author of 'A History of Roman Britain' (OUP, 1997), 'The Oxford History of England: Roman Britain' (OUP, 1990), and 'The Oxford Illustrated History of Roman Britain' (OUP, 1993).
Content
Introduction ; 1. The transformation of Britain from 55BC to AD60 ; 2. A second start: from the defeat of Boudicca to the third century ; 3. The fourth century and beyond ; 4. Culture and social relations in the Roman Province ; 5. The human impact of man on the landscape ; 6. The imperial frontier and beyond ; Conclusion ; Further reading ; Chronology ; List of Emporers ; Index