A Companion to Roman Britain [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465194703321
• Autore: Todd Malcolm
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (530 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell companions to British history
• Disciplina: 936.104; 936.204
• Soggetti: Great Britain - History - Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D; Romans; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: A COMPANION TO ROMAN BRITAIN; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Britain and the Continent: Networks of Interaction; 2 Society and Polity in Late Iron Age Britain; 3 The Native Elite and their Funerary Practices from the First Century BC to Nero; 4 The Claudian Conquest and its Consequences; 5 The Conquest of Wales; 6 The Roman Penetration of the North in the Late First Century AD; 7 Soldier and Civilian in Wales; 8 The Northern Frontier of Britain from Trajan to Antoninus Pius: Roman Builders and Native Britons; 9 Scotland and the Northern Frontier: Second to Fourth Centuries AD10 Cities and Urban Life; 11 Gallo-British Deities and their Shrines; 12 Roman Religion and Roman Culture in Britain; 13 The Human Population: Health and Disease; 14 The Family in Roman Britain; 15 Personal Ornament; 16 Textiles and Dress; 17 Economic Structures; 18 Rural Settlement in Northern Britain; 19 Rural Settlement in Southern Britain: A Regional Survey; 20 Domestic Animals and their Uses; 21 The Army in Late Roman Britain; 22 Britain in the Fourth Century; 23 The Final Phase; 24 The Rediscovery of Roman Britain; BibliographyIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: This major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain spans the period from the first century BC to the fifth century AD.Major survey of ; the history and culture of Roman BritainBrings together specialists to provide an overview of recent debates about this periodExceptionally broad coverage, embracing political, economic, cultural and religious life Focuses on changes in Roman Britain from the first century BC to the fifth century AD Includes pioneering studies of the human population and animal resources of the island.