Late Roman Towns in Britain - Rethinking Change and Decline

"This book is a reassessment of the changes that occurred in the towns of Britain in the later Roman period, around the late third, fourth and early fifth centuries A.D. It is commonly argued that these changes represent decline in the later Roman Empire but this book suggests alterniative ways of interpreting late Roman towns and demonstrates that there are more positive ways of understanding late Roman archaeology. This is a much needed reanalysis bringing new understanding to this crucial period of history"--Provided by publisher.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Edward Gibbon - growth, the Golden Age and decline and fall; 3. Approaches to Roman urbanism and studying the late Roman town; 4. Establishing the urban context: pre-Roman place and Roman urbanism; 5. The structures of the public buildings in the later Roman period: framing place and space; 6. New public structures within towns in the later Roman period; 7. Industrial activity within public buildings; 8. Timber buildings and 'squatter occupation' within public buildings; 9. Conclusions - senses of place: rethinking urbanism in Roman Britain.

About the author

Adam Rogers is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester. He has published articles on the archaeology of the Roman and Late Iron Age periods, especially in the areas of settlement and landscape studies, religion and ritual, and historiography.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Rogers, Adam (University of Leicester) Rogers, Rogers Adam
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2014
• EAN: 9781107698796
• ISBN: 978-1-107-69879-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology