An imperial possession : Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC-AD 409 / David Mattingly.

The centuries during which Britain was under Roman occupation have always had a contradictory reputation. David Mattingly's book draws on a wealth of new research to recreate this colonial Britain: a rebellious, disadvantaged place needing heavy garrisoning and highly vulnerable to political ch...

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Main Author: Mattingly, D. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Penguin, 2007.
Series:Penguin history of Britain ; 1.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART ONE: Introduction. The spectre of empire
  • Sources of information and rules of evidence
  • 'Nothing for us to fear or rejoice at.' Britain, Britons and the Roman Empire
  • PART TWO: The military community. The iron fist: conquest (43-83) and aftermath
  • Britannia perdomita: the garrisoning of the provinces
  • The community of soldiers
  • The fashioning of the military identity
  • De excidio Britanniae: decline and fall?
  • PART THREE: The civil communities. Forma urbis: the development of towns
  • Townspeople: demography, culture and identity
  • The urban failure?
  • PART FOUR: The rural communities. The villa and the roundhouse
  • Provincial landscapes
  • Free Britannia: beyond the frontiers
  • Rural culture and identity
  • PART FIVE: Comparative perspectives and concluding thoughts. Different economies, discrepant identities
  • 'No longer subject to Roman laws'.