The Roman period is where the past of the British Isles is first revealed through substantial written sources as well as archeology. This book distils recent archeological and documentary discoveries and advances in an accessible, concise manner for anyone interested in finding out more about the Roman Era. A number of key themes are discussed within a chronological framework. The book features chapters contributed by a team of scholars amongst those most closely involved with discovery and analysis.
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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).
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The Britain that Julius Caesar so famously invaded in 55 and 54 BC was for most Romans, and other Mediterranean peoples, dimly known, and certainly a place of no consequence: it lay much too far beyond the pale of the civilized Graeco-Roman world for that. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Britain, Hadrian's Wall, Iron Age, Antonine Wall, British Isles, Antoninus Pius, South Wales, Early Empire, South Shields, Constantine the Great, North Wales, Early Roman, Magnus Maximus, Septimius Severus, Twentieth Legion, Watling Street, Cassius Dio, Claudian Conquest, Fosse Way, Julius Caesar, Second Legion, Aulus Plautius, Bronze Age, Count Theodosius, Emperor Claudius New!
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The Britain that Julius Caesar so famously invaded in 55 and 54 BC was for most Romans, and other Mediterranean peoples, dimly known, and certainly a place of no consequence: it lay much too far beyond the pale of the civilized Graeco-Roman world for that. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Roman Britain, Hadrian's Wall, Iron Age, Antonine Wall, British Isles, Antoninus Pius, South Wales, Early Empire, South Shields, Constantine the Great, North Wales, Early Roman, Magnus Maximus, Septimius Severus, Twentieth Legion, Watling Street, Cassius Dio, Claudian Conquest, Fosse Way, Julius Caesar, Second Legion, Aulus Plautius, Bronze Age, Count Theodosius, Emperor Claudius New!
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- Roman Britain: A Sourcebook (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World) by Stanley Ireland on 7 pages
- Roman Britain (The Oxford History of England, 1a) by Peter Salway in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Roman Britain, Second Edition by T. W. Potter on page 152, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- History of Roman Britain by Peter Salway in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Antonine Wall by David J. Breeze in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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