Roman Britain: Life at the Edge of Empire - Softcover

Jackson, Ralph

 
9780714150611: Roman Britain: Life at the Edge of Empire
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0714150614 ISBN 13: 9780714150611
Verlag: British Museum Press, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

The British Museum's new introductory guide to Roman Britain combines an informative text with first-class design and is illustrated with plentiful artefacts from the museum's collections. Throughout the book the emphasis is on cultural interaction and change; showing the impact of the Roman presence; but also British survivals; the book starts; perhaps unusually for general guides of this kind; with a section on pre-Roman Britain; and ends with a chapter on Britons after Rome. In between we learn about the military; the new literate culture introduced by Rome; about the impact of Rome on the rural economy; and on life in the new towns; as well as about religion. Constant reference to archaeological finds and sites gives a sense of place; and also of regional variation.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Richard Hobbs is curator of the Romano-British collection at the British Museum. His research interests include the deposition of precious metals and food and banqueting, particularly in the Late Roman empire. Previous publications include (with Ralph Jackson), Roman Britain: Life at the Edge of the Empire and The Mildenhall Treasure (British Museum Objects in Focus).

Ralph Jackson is a senior curator at the British Museum. Previous publications include Doctors and Diseases in the Roman Empire; Camerton: A Catalogue of Late Iron Age and Early Roman Metalwork; Excavations at Stonea, Cambridgeshire 1980-85; Cosmetic Sets of Late Iron Age and Roman Britain; and (with Richard Hobbs) Roman Britain.

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For nearly four centuries Britain was a province on the outer edge of the Roman Empire and developed a distinctively Romano-British culture and way of life. Using the archaeological evidence, ancient written sources and the latest research on surviving artefacts - from a child's leather shoe to fascinating letters, from the monumental bronze head of the emperor Hadrian to hoards of stunning gold and silver - a picture of Roman Britain is brought vividly to life. Whether for a Roman soldier on the northern frontier or a native British farmer; for a pagan British king or a Christian Roman lady living in a villa, the diversity of lifestyles, experiences and cultures is revealed. Native British traditions of trade and craftsmanship merged with the imported Roman styles and practices to create a unique cultural synthesis, the legacy of which is still visible today in British landscapes, architecture, art and society.

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Verlag
British Museum Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0714150614
ISBN 13 
9780714150611
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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