UnRoman Britain: Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia
Language: English
Published by The History Press, Stroud, 2010
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- Title
- UnRoman Britain: Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia
- Author
- Miles Russell; Stuart Laycock
- Publisher
- The History Press, Stroud
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0752455664
- ISBN 13
- 9780752455662
- Illustrator
- 204 colour plates
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- Large 8vo
Roman Britain is usually thought of as a place full of togas, towns and baths, with native Britons happily going about their lives under the watchful gaze of Rome. This, however, is a myth that developed long after Roman control of Britain came to an end, when the British Empire was at its height in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Britain was, in fact, one of the least enthusiastic outposts of the Roman Empire. Many Britons failed to acknowledge the Roman lifestyle at all, while many others were only outwardly Romanised, clinging to, or only mildly adapting, their former identities throughout the occupation. Even the Roman Army in Britain became chronically rebellious and a source of instability that ultimately affected the whole Empire. As the power of Rome weakened in the fourth and fifth centuries, the Britons abandoned Rome and almost all aspects of Mediterranean culture, Britannia becoming a land of warring kingdoms.
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About the Author
Dr MILES RUSSELL is a Senior Lecturer in Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology in the School of Conservation Sciences at Bournemouth University and regularly appears on Channel 4's Time Team. He has been involved in Sussex archaeology for over 25 years and is currently examining a number of early Roman sites in the county. His previous books with The History Press include Prehistoric Sussex, Piltdown Man: the secret life of Charles Dawson and Monuments of the British Neolithic.
STUART LAYCOCK studied Classics at Cambridge, before working as a writer in advertising. He is now a historian and writer, and has written a number of history books, including Britannia: The Failed State (nominated for Current Archaeology Book of the Year) and the bestselling All the Countries We’ve Ever Invaded.
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