This book deals thematically with an extensive range of building types, from country villas and urban basilicas to bridges and lighthouses. It covers construction techniques, including interior decoration and features; military buildings, including frontier works, Hadrian's Wall, and the Antonine Wall; public buildings, including market buildings, inns, and monumental arches; sacred sites, including Romano-Celtic temples, Mithraea, and rural shrines; and much more. The appendices deal with orthographic projections, inscriptions, recommended sites, and Romano-British history.
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About the Author:
Guy de la Bidoyhre is the author of many books on Roman Britain and the Roman world, including four other widely-acclaimed titles published by Tempus - 'Hadrian's Wall: History and Guide', 'The Golden Age of Roman Britain', 'Companion to Roman Britain' and 'Voices of Imperial Rome'.
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- PublisherThe History Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0752419064
- ISBN 13 9780752419060
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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