Martin Millett

The Romanization of Britain

An Essay in Archaeological Interpretation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offering a fresh perspective on Roman Britain based on archaeological evidence, this acclaimed study, now reissued, explores the social dynamics of cultural change from a local perspective by analysing patterns of interaction between provincial peoples and imperial power. A new introduction reviews the ongoing debate about Romanization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009485524
• ISBN-10: 1009485520
• Artikelnr.: 72109031

Autorenporträt

MARTIN MILLETT is Emeritus Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology in the University of Cambridge, where he is also a life fellow of Fitzwilliam College. He has led fieldwork and excavations in Britain and across Western Europe, and is currently President of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Romanization of Britain in perspective
1. The nature of Roman imperialism
2. The pattern of later Iron Age societies
3. The invasion strategy and its consequences
4. The emergence of the 'civitates'
5. The maturity of the 'civitates'
6. Development at the periphery
7. The developed economy
8. Later Roman rural development
Epilogue: decline and fall?
References
Index.