The Romans Who Shaped Britain

The Romans Who Shaped Britain
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Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Total Pages : 397
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ISBN-10 : 9780500773475
ISBN-13 : 0500773475
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Book Synopsis The Romans Who Shaped Britain by : Sam Moorhead

Download or read book The Romans Who Shaped Britain written by Sam Moorhead and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biographical history of the Romans who conquered and dominated Britain, based on the latest archaeological evidence and original source material. Here are the stories of the people who built and ruled Roman Britain, from the eagle-bearer who leaped off Caesar’s ship into the waves at Walmer in 55BC to the last cavalry units to withdraw from the island under their dragon standards in the early fifth century AD. Through the lives of its generals and governors, this book explores the narrative of Britannia as an integral and often troublesome part of Rome’s empire, a hard-won province whose mineral wealth and agricultural prosperity made it crucial to the stability of the West. But Britannia did not exist in a vacuum, and the authors set it in an international context to give a vivid account of the pressures and events that had a profound impact on its people and its history. The authors discuss the lives and actions of the Roman occupiers against the backdrop of an evolving landscape, where Iron Age shrines were replaced by marble temples and industrial-scale factories and granaries sprang up across the countryside.


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