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Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: T.W. Potter: The transformation of Britain from 55BC to AD60 2: Michael Fulford: A second start: from the defeat of Boudicca to the third century 3: P.J. Casey: The fourth century and beyond 4: Janet Huskinson: Culture and social relations in the Roman Province 5: Richard Hingley and David Miles: The human impact of man on the landscape 6: David Breeze: The imperial frontier and beyond Conclusion Further reading Chronology List of Emporers Index ...
