Description
Book Synopsis* 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.
Trade Review"This volume is an invaluable source of current research into marginal areas not often covered by other books on Roman Britain. The essays are well written, concise and take the reader straight to the heart of the matter. This volume is an excellent addition to the existing volumes in the
Blackwell Companions to British History series."
Reference Reviews "The authors are leading researchers and their individual statements all contain a wealth of information and interpretation which will make the Companion a useful resource." Britannia
Table of ContentsList 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
