Companion to Roman Britain

Name: Companion to Roman Britain
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ISBN: 9781405156813

ISBN-10: 1405156813

ISBN-13: 9781405156813

Edition: 2006

Authors: Malcolm Todd, Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Lindsay Allason-Jones, Simon Esmonde Cleary, Alexandra Croom

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Focusing upon the history and culture of Roman Britain from the 1st century B.C. to the 5th century A.D. this volume examines how historians' understanding of developments in political, economic, cultural and religious life in Roman Britain has changed over the years.

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List price: $71.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 6.82" wide x 9.75" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Malcolm Todd is an Emeritus Professor of Archaeology and former Principal of Trevelyan College in the University of Durham. He is the author interalia of 'The Northern Barbarians' (Second Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 1987) and 'Roman Britain' (Third Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 1999), editor of 'The Blackwell Companion to Roman Britain' (Blackwell Publishing, 2003) and a contributor to 'The Cambridge Ancient History' and 'Der Neue Pauly'



List of Figures


List of Contributors


Abbreviations


Introduction




Britain and the Continent: Networks of Interaction




Society and Polity in Late Iron Age Britain




The Native Elite and their Funerary Practices from the First Century BC to Nero




The Claudian Conquest and its Consequences




The Conquest of Wales




The Roman Penetration of the North in the Late First Century AD




Soldier and Civilian in Wales




The Northern Frontier of Britain from Trajan to Antoninus Pius: Roman Builders and Native Britons




Scotland and the Northern Frontier: Second to Fourth Centuries AD




Cities and Urban Life




Gallo-British Deities and their Shrines




Roman Religion and Roman Culture in Britain




The Human Population: Health and Disease




The Family in Roman Britain




Personal Ornament




Textiles and Dress




Economic Structures




Rural Settlement in Northern Britain




Rural Settlement in Southern Britain: A Regional Survey




Domestic Animals and their Uses




The Army in Late Roman Britain




Britain in the Fourth Century




The Final Phase




The Rediscovery of Roman Britain



Bibliography


Index