The Romans Who Shaped Britain

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology, History, Ancient History, Rome
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Author: Sam Moorhead, David Stuttard ISBN: 9780500773475
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Publication: August 2, 2016
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Language: English
Author: Sam Moorhead, David Stuttard
ISBN: 9780500773475
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication: August 2, 2016
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Language: English

A biographical history of the Romans who conquered and dominated Britain, based on the latest archaeological evidence and original source material.

Here are the stories of the people who built and ruled Roman Britain, from the eagle-bearer who leaped off Caesar’s ship into the waves at Walmer in 55BC to the last cavalry units to withdraw from the island under their dragon standards in the early fifth century AD.

Through the lives of its generals and governors, this book explores the narrative of Britannia as an integral and often troublesome part of Rome’s empire, a hard-won province whose mineral wealth and agricultural prosperity made it crucial to the stability of the West. But Britannia did not exist in a vacuum, and the authors set it in an international context to give a vivid account of the pressures and events that had a profound impact on its people and its history.

The authors discuss the lives and actions of the Roman occupiers against the backdrop of an evolving landscape, where Iron Age shrines were replaced by marble temples and industrial-scale factories and granaries sprang up across the countryside.

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A biographical history of the Romans who conquered and dominated Britain, based on the latest archaeological evidence and original source material.

Here are the stories of the people who built and ruled Roman Britain, from the eagle-bearer who leaped off Caesar’s ship into the waves at Walmer in 55BC to the last cavalry units to withdraw from the island under their dragon standards in the early fifth century AD.

Through the lives of its generals and governors, this book explores the narrative of Britannia as an integral and often troublesome part of Rome’s empire, a hard-won province whose mineral wealth and agricultural prosperity made it crucial to the stability of the West. But Britannia did not exist in a vacuum, and the authors set it in an international context to give a vivid account of the pressures and events that had a profound impact on its people and its history.

The authors discuss the lives and actions of the Roman occupiers against the backdrop of an evolving landscape, where Iron Age shrines were replaced by marble temples and industrial-scale factories and granaries sprang up across the countryside.

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