The Roman era
Subtitle: the British Isles, 55 BC-AD 410
By: edited by Peter Salway.
Contributors: Salway, Peter.
Series: The short Oxford history of the British Isles
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Romans -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.; Great Britain -- Antiquities, Roman.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The transformation of Britain: from 55 BC to AD 61 11; title: T W. Potter; title: The complex societies of the prehistoric British Isles 12; title: Julius Caesar 13; title: Rome's impact on Britain before the Claudian Conquest 15; title: Rome's intentions towards Britain 24; title: The Claudian invasion 25; title: Establishment of military control 28; title: Caratacus and Cartimandua 30; title: Neronian Britain 32; title: Boudicca 33; title: 2 A second start: from the defeat of Boudicca; title: to the third century 39; title: Michael Fulford; title: The sources 40; title: After Boudicca 41; title: The Flavian advance 45; title: Withdrawal from Scotland 45; title: Urban development 47; title: Infrastructure and the economy 53; title: Military consolidation 56; title: Economic integration 58; title: Civic projects and their completion 61; title: Smaller towns and villages 63; title: The wealth of the province 64; title: Antonine Scotland 65; title: Mutiny, civil war, and their aftermath 68; title: Town defences and their context 69; title: Peace and retrenchment 69; title: Urban change 71; title: Military developments on the coasts of the South and East 72; title: The end of the third century 73; title: 3 The fourth century and beyond 75; title: P J. Casey; title: Fourth-century Britain 76; title: The Tetrarchy 78; title: Regionalism 80; title: The army 81; title: Constantinian Britain 82; title: Civil war and its aftermath 85; title: The 'Barbarian Conspiracy' 87; title: Magnus Maximus 89; title: Britain at the end of the fourth century 92; title: Religion 94; title: The end of Roman rule 96; title: 4 Culture and social relations in the Roman province 107; title: Janet Huskinson; title: Perceptions of Roman Britain 108; title: Sources log09; title: Turning Britain into 'the form of a province' 1l; title: Cultural change: acceptance and resistance 116; title: Communities on the northern frontier 117; title: Cultural values 125; title: Fourth-century villas 127; title: Mosaics 129; title: Wall-painting and sculpture 136; title: Conclusion 137; title: 5 The human impact on the landscape: agriculture,; title: settlement, industry, infrastructure 141; title: Richard Hingley and David Miles; title: The landscape 142; title: The nature of environmental evidence 147; title: Woodland 148; title: Alluvium and colluvium 148; title: Arable cultivation 149; title: Crops 150; title: The population: how many people lived in Roman Britain? 152; title: The agricultural landscape 155; title: Settlement patterns and settlement types 156; title: Industry and the landscape 164; title: The sacred landscape 167; title: The end of the Roman interlude 169; title: 6 The edge of the world: the imperial frontier and beyond 173; title: David J. Breeze; title: Ancient geography 174; title: The location of the frontier 175; title: The causes of war 176; title: The nature of the frontier 178; title: Frontier regulations 179; title: Treaties 180; title: The army 183; title: Supplies 185; title: The native people and their settlements 187; title: The impact of Rome 189; title: Religion 193; title: Artefacts beyond the frontier 194; title: Rome as a neighbour 196; title: The reason for the location of the frontier 198; title: Conclusion 199; title: Conclusion 203; title: Peter Salway; title: Britain and Rome 203; title: The Conquest and 'Romanization' 205; title: Some consequences of absorption into the empire 207; title: Roman views of Britain and the Britons 208; title: The army 212; title: The emperor in person 213; title: Rules, documents, and literacy 218; title: Slave and free 221; title: Decision-making and its location 223; title: Later Roman Britain 224; title: The Church 226; title: Economic change 229; title: The 'end' of Roman Britain 231; title: Further reading 237; title: Chronology 241; title: List of Roman Emperors 249; title: Maps 253; title: Index 269.