The Small Towns Of Roman Britain
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Author | : Barry C. Burnham |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1990-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520073036 |
The Small Towns of Roman Britain surveys a wide range of Roman town sites, answering many questions about their character and the archaeological problems they raise. The past thirty years have seen a dramatic increase in the quality of the evidence on these sites gained from fieldwork, excavation, and aerial archaeology. Because there is almost no documentary or epigraphic material of any real value on the small towns, this archaeological evidence provides a heretofore unavailable perspective. Authors Barry Burnham and John Walker have organized the information in a manner that is both useful to scholars and stimulating to history buffs or walkers interested in touring these sites. Each site is illustrated with a site plan, and many aerial photographs are provided as well. Introductory chapters provide an overview of the origins, development, and morphology of the towns; the special religious, governmental, or industrial significance of many sites; and the economic functions common to all. A comprehensive bibliography completes the volume. This is the eagerly awaited companion volume to John Wacher's watershed study The Towns of Roman Britain, which was highly praised for "its clean prose, excellent illustrations and fascinating story, . . . a most important contribution to scholarship, while remaining eminently attractive to the general reader." (Barry Cunliffe, Times Literary Supplement). The Small Towns of Roman Britain surveys a wide range of Roman town sites, answering many questions about their character and the archaeological problems they raise. The past thirty years have seen a dramatic increase in the quality of the evidence on these sites gained from fieldwork, excavation, and aerial archaeology. Because there is almost no documentary or epigraphic material of any real value on the small towns, this archaeological evidence provides a heretofore unavailable perspective. Authors Barry Burnham and John Walker have organized the information in a manner that is both useful to scholars and stimulating to history buffs or walkers interested in touring these sites. Each site is illustrated with a site plan, and many aerial photographs are provided as well. Introductory chapters provide an overview of the origins, development, and morphology of the towns; the special religious, governmental, or industrial significance of many sites; and the economic functions common to all. A comprehensive bibliography completes the volume. This is the eagerly awaited companion volume to John Wacher's watershed study The Towns of Roman Britain, which was highly praised for "its clean prose, excellent illustrations and fascinating story, . . . a most important contribution to scholarship, while remaining eminently attractive to the general reader." (Barry Cunliffe, Times Literary Supplement).
Author | : David Raoul Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 11 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Aerial photography in archaeology |
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Author | : B. C. Burnham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1984 |
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Author | : Warwick Rodwell |
Publisher | : British Archaeological Association |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : History |
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Organized jointly by the Oxford University Dept. for External Studies and the Institute of Archaeology.
Author | : Anthony Ernest Brown |
Publisher | : Oxbow Books Limited |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
A collection of 19 papers from a conference held at Knutston Hall in December 1992. Papers include: Roman small towns and medieval small towns; the plan of Romano-British Baldock, Hertfordshire and new thoughts on town defences in the western territory of the Catuvellauni.
Author | : John Wacher |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2020-08-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000117316 |
This book aims to examine and define the functions of towns in Roman Britain and to apply the definition so formed to Romano-British sites; to consider the towns' foundation, political status, development and decline; and to illustrate the town's individual characters and their surroundings.
Author | : Guy De la Bédoyère |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780713468939 |
Before the Roman conquest there were few settlements in Britain that could properly be described as towns and their rapid growth was one of the first effects of the invasion of AD 43. This book traces the process of urbanization and provides answers to questions about how Roman towns grew and functioned: why towns are sited where they are, who lived in them, what services and facilities they provided, how they were organized, and their role in trade, industry and economy. Roman towns, with their impressive public buildings on a scale not seen before in Britain, must have had a great impact on the native population. They have attracted attention ever since and a vast amount of evidence for the Roman towns, many of which lie beneath modern British cities, has been recovered. This book draws together as much of this information as possible to present a picture of life in the Roman towns of Britain. With over 100 maps, plans, reconstructions and photographs, this is the complete companion to the Roman Towns in Britain - whether you wish to study the sites before or after a visit, or whether you are simply an armchair archaeologist.
Author | : Julian Bennett |
Publisher | : Shire Publications |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Many of Britain's towns and cities originated in the Roman period, established as part of a systematic programme to urbanise the island. Why imperial Rome initiated this programme is the first of many topics examined in the third edition of this introduction to the towns of Roman Britain.
Author | : Thomas C. Rust |
Publisher | : BAR International Series |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Roman 'small towns' were an important link between the urban civitas capitals and the rural population and offer an ideal case study for examining the extent of Roman influence permeating into the rural provinces. Thomas Rust's study looks at 67 Romano-British sites, including Alcester, Bath, Cambridge, Dragonby, Ilchester, Richborough, Rochester and Whitchurch, exploring the extent to which they adopted and adapted to Roman cultural influences. In particular, Rust traces this 'Romanisation' through changes in building traditions, especially the shift from timber to masonry from the mid-2nd to early 3rd century. The study includes a gazetteer of sites, and lots of useful tables and illustrations.
Author | : Robin Hanley |
Publisher | : Shire Publications |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
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This book discusses the variety of village settlements in Roman Britain and includes origins, development, affluence and economic activity, as well as possible administrative and military roles.