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UNINA9910455872103321 |
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Autore |
Webster Graham <1915-2001., > |
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Titolo |
The Roman invasion of Britain / / Graham Webster |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-138-13912-2 |
1-134-60155-7 |
1-280-10993-9 |
0-203-25135-0 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Romans - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain History To 449 |
Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D |
Great Britain History, Military |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Reprint of the rev. ed. published: London : Batsford, 1993. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Revised Edition; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; The Sources of Evidence; The Celts and Julius Caesar; The Tribes of South-East Britain and their Rulers; The Opposing Forces; The Invasion and Advance to Camulodunum; The Shape of the Roman Province; The Claudian Celebrations and Departure of Plautius; References; Translation of Dio; The number of units in the army of Plautius; Abbreviations; Bibliographical references; Glossary of Latin terms; Glossary of technical terms; Place names in the modern and Roman forms; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Graham Webster gives background on Britain before the invasion and goes on to describe the Roman forces, the personalities involved, the actual invasion and Claudius' triumphal entrance into Camulodunum, the British capital. |
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