Graham Webster

Rome Against Caratacus (eBook, ePUB)

The Roman Campaigns in Britain AD 48-58

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

By interpreting the ancient historical accounts and piecing together the masses of archaeological evidence, Dr Webster has brilliantly reconstructed this central period of the Claudian Conquest of Britain and its immediate aftermath.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317709695
• Artikelnr.: 56862926

Autorenporträt

Graham Webster is one of Britain's most eminent archaeologists, with a long and distinguished career which earned him an OBE. He has directed major excavations at Romano-British sites and has specialized in Roman Britain and the Roman imperial army.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of plates
List of line illustrations
Preface
Preface to revised edition
Historical Chart
1 Introduction
2 The Last Stand of Caratacus
3 The Scapulan Frontier: The Legionary Fortresses and the Sea Routes
4 The Scapulan Frontier: The Land Routes
5 Aulus Didius Gallus and the Northern Advance
6 The Advance under Quintus Veranius
APPENDIES
1 Translation of the relevant texts from Tacitus
Dio and Suetonius
2 Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus
3 The Roman Army at the time of Claudius
4 The Seven Sisters Hoard
5 Four Tombstones from Wroxeter
6 Place-names in Roman and modern forms
7 Glossary of Latin Terms
8 Glossary of Technical Terms
Notes and References
Index