Hadrian's Wall and Its People (Greece and Rome Live Series) - Hardcover

Osborn, Geraint

 
9781904675440: Hadrian's Wall and Its People (Greece and Rome Live Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1904675441 ISBN 13: 9781904675440
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT, 2006

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Hadrian’s Wall – one of the most prominent monuments of the Roman period in Britain – has a special place in the public imagination. It offers a tangible reminder of our ancient past and a concrete link with the Roman occupation. Visitors can stand amid the remains, knowing that they tread in the footsteps of the soldiers who garrisoned the province.
 
Guides to the Wall have tended to concentrate on the archaeological record, on the Wall’s construction and on military organisation. This book folds these aspects into a wider historical, social and economic perspective, providing the general reader with an analysis of how Hadrian’s Wall functioned. It describes the impact it had on the lives of both Rome’s soldiers and the native population, dealing with the contentious issue of ‘Romanisation’. It looks, too, at what happened in Christian communities of the Wall area after the Roman army’s departure.
 
Geraint Osborn utilises archaeological evidence, including the content of the remarkable Vindolanda tablets, to give a rounded picture of military life on the Wall. He also considers the role of the monument in the context of Victorian England, a time when parallels were frequently drawn between the Roman and British empires, and how this in turn affected the excavation, preservation and modern presentation of Hadrian’s Wall.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Geraint Osborn has taught Ancient History in the Universities of Bristol, Cardiff and Durham. His main work has been on Roman Britain and Gaul and on the history of the later Roman empire.

Geraint Osborn has taught Ancient History in the Universities of Bristol, Cardiff and Durham. His main work has been on Roman Britain and Gaul and on the history of the later Roman empire

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Verlag
PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1904675441
ISBN 13 
9781904675440
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Anzahl der Seiten
132
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