Author : Martin Millett
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 12,99 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780713477931
How the Roman system influenced the politics, art, religion, and general way of life of the native peoples of Britain after the Claudian invasion of AD 43. Despite the richness of archaeological, epigraphic and literary evidence, what actually occurred remains a subject of keen debate.
Author : Guy De la Bédoyère
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 37,13 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9780713468939
Before the Roman conquest there were few settlements in Britain that could properly be described as towns and their rapid growth was one of the first effects of the invasion of AD 43. This book traces the process of urbanization and provides answers to questions about how Roman towns grew and functioned: why towns are sited where they are, who lived in them, what services and facilities they provided, how they were organized, and their role in trade, industry and economy. Roman towns, with their impressive public buildings on a scale not seen before in Britain, must have had a great impact on the native population. They have attracted attention ever since and a vast amount of evidence for the Roman towns, many of which lie beneath modern British cities, has been recovered. This book draws together as much of this information as possible to present a picture of life in the Roman towns of Britain. With over 100 maps, plans, reconstructions and photographs, this is the complete companion to the Roman Towns in Britain - whether you wish to study the sites before or after a visit, or whether you are simply an armchair archaeologist.
Author : Guy De la Bédoyère
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture, Roman
ISBN : 9780752419060
This book deals thematically with an extensive range of building types, from country villas and urban basilicas to bridges and lighthouses. It covers construction techniques, including interior decoration and features; military buildings, including frontier works, Hadrian's Wall, and the Antonine Wall; public buildings, including market buildings, inns, and monumental arches; sacred sites, including Romano-Celtic temples, Mithraea, and rural shrines; and much more. The appendices deal with orthographic projections, inscriptions, recommended sites, and Romano-British history.
Author : Guy De la Bédoyère
Publisher : Tempus Pub Limited
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 38,23 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752429199
Roman towns in Britain
Author : Gustav Milne
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 34,79 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN :
Author : Sarah Perry
Publisher : September Publishing
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 34,41 MB
Release : 2017-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1910463744
Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histories. 'An impressive line-up of established and emerging names.' The Sunday Times 'These eerie, unsettling stories are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.' Daily Express Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. 'Subtly evocative of human relations loss, grief, or the fear of loneliness.' TLS 'A satisfying and spooky read.' Sun Also includes a gazetteer of English Heritage properties which are said to be haunted.
Author : Neil Oliver
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 50,41 MB
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0297867687
Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A History of Ancient Britain, much-loved historian Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their battle for survival. There has been human habitation in Britain, regularly interrupted by Ice Ages, for the best part of a million years. The last retreat of the glaciers 12,000 years ago brought a new and warmer age and with it, one of the greatest tsunamis recorded on Earth which struck the north-east of Britain, devastating the population and flooding the low-lying plains of what is now the North Sea. The resulting island became, in time, home to a diverse range of cultures and peoples who have left behind them some of the most extraordinary and enigmatic monuments in the world. Through what is revealed by the artefacts of the past, Neil Oliver weaves the epic story - half a million years of human history up to the departure of the Roman Empire in the Fifth Century AD. It was a period which accounts for more than ninety-nine per cent of humankind's presence on these islands. It is the real story of Britain and of her people.
Author : Lindsay Allason-Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 39,92 MB
Release : 2011-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0521860121
Helps the student understand the numerous artefacts from Roman Britain and what they reveal about life in the province.
Author : A.S. Esmonde-Cleary
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 25,85 MB
Release : 2002-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1134554931
This book explains what Britain was like in the fourth century AD and how this can only be understood in the wider context of the western Roman Empire.
Author : Guy de la Bédoyère
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 40,68 MB
Release : 2013-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0500771839
Superbly illustrated throughout, this illuminating account of Britain as a Roman province includes dramatic aerial views of Roman remains, reconstruction drawings and images of Roman villas, mosaics, coins, pottery and sculpture. The text has been updated to incorporate the latest research and recent discoveries, including the largest Roman coin hoard ever found in Britain, the thirty decapitated skeletons found in York and the magnificent Crosby Garrett parade helmet. Guy de la Bédoyère is one of the public faces of Romano-British history and archaeology through his many appearances on several television programmes and is the author of numerous books on the period.
