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Informationen zum Autor Malcolm Todd is an archaeologist and ancient historian. He has held chairs in the universities of Exeter and Durham, Visiting Fellowships at All Souls College and Brasenose College, Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellowship of the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust. He is the author of books on the Roman West and the early Germanic peoples, including The Early Germans (second edition, Blackwell, 2004), Migrants and Invaders (2001) and Roman Britain (third edition, Blackwell, 1999). He retired as Principal of Trevelyan College, Durham, in 2000. Klappentext This major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain spans the period from the first century BC to the fifth century AD. It brings together specialists in the field to provide an overview of recent debates about Roman Britain, synthesizing the latest research in archaeology, literature, numismatics, and history. The contributors examine how historians' understanding of developments in political, economic, cultural, and religious life in Roman Britain has changed over time. They also explain the evolution of the Roman British society over its 500-year existence. This Companion will be invaluable to all those interested in the history of the period and its interpretation. The pioneering studies of the human population and animal resources of the island will be of particular interest to scholars. Zusammenfassung * Major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain. * Brings together specialists to provide an overview of recent debates about this period. * Exceptionally broad coverage! embracing political! economic! cultural and religious life. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures ix List of Contributors xiii Abbreviations xv Introduction xvii Malcolm Todd 1 Britain and the Continent: Networks of Interaction 1 Barry Cunliffe 2 Society and Polity in Late Iron Age Britain 12 Colin Haselgrove 3 The Native Elite and their Funerary Practices from the First Century BC to Nero 30 Rosalind Niblett 4 The Claudian Conquest and its Consequences 42 Malcolm Todd 5 The Conquest of Wales 60 William Manning 6 The Roman Penetration of the North in the Late First Century AD 75 Gordon Maxwell 7 Soldier and Civilian in Wales 91 Jeffrey Davies 8 The Northern Frontier of Britain from Trajan to Antoninus Pius: Roman Builders and Native Britons 114 James Crow 9 Scotland and the Northern Frontier: Second to Fourth Centuries AD 136 W. S. Hanson 10 Cities and Urban Life 162 Michael J. Jones 11 Gallo-British Deities and their Shrines 193 Miranda Aldhouse-Green 12 Roman Religion and Roman Culture in Britain 220 Martin Henig 13 The Human Population: Health and Disease 242 Charlotte Roberts and Margaret Cox 14 The Family in Roman Britain 273 Lindsay Allason-Jones 15 Personal Ornament 288 Alexandra Croom 16 Textiles and Dress 299 John Peter Wild 17 Economic Structures 309 Michael Fulford 18 Rural Settlement in Northern Britain 327 Richard Hingley 19 Rural Settlement in Southern Britain: A Regional Survey 349 Anthony King 20 Domestic Animals and their Uses 371 Annie Grant 21 The Army in Late Roman Britain 393 Pat Southern 22 Britain in the Fourth Century 409 Simon Esmonde Cleary 23 The Final Phase 428 Ian Wood 24 The Rediscovery of Roman Britain 443 Malcolm Todd Bibliography 460 Index 499 ...
