Rome Against Caratacus : The Roman Campaigns in Britain AD 48-58.
Title:
Rome Against Caratacus : The Roman Campaigns in Britain AD 48-58.
Author:
Webster, Graham.
ISBN:
9780203481103
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (200 pages)
Contents:
ROME AGAINST CARATACUS The Roman Campaigns in Britain AD 48-58 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of plates -- List of line illustrations -- Preface -- Preface to revised edition -- Historical Chart -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two The Last Stand of Caratacus -- Chapter Three The Scapulan Frontier: The Legionary Fortresses and the Sea Routes -- Chapter Four The Scapulan Frontier: The Land Routes -- Chapter Five Aulus Didius Gallus and the Northern Advance -- Chapter Six The Advance under Quintus Veranius -- Appendices -- Appendix One Translation of the relevant texts from Tacitus, Dio and Suetonius -- Appendix Two Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus -- Appendix Three The Roman Army at the time of Claudius -- Appendix Four The Seven Sisters Hoard -- Appendix Five Four Tombstones from Wroxeter -- Appendix Six Place-names in Roman and modern forms -- Appendix Seven Glossary of Latin Terms -- Appendix Eight Glossary of Technical Terms -- Notes and References -- Index.
Abstract:
The Roman Conquest of Britain in AD 43 was one of the most important turning points in the history of the British Isles. It left a legacy still discernible today in the form of archaeological remain, road networks, land divisions and even language. In his much-acclaimed trilogy, now up-dated and revised, Dr Webster builds up a fascinating and lively picture of Britain in the first century AD and discussed in detail the various types of evidence and the theories based upon it. Caratacus' last stand against the Romans has a central place in the folklore of the Welsh Marches, where many a hill is claimed to be the site of the famous battle. But, as Graham Webster shows, this epic encounter was not only real history but also part of an intricate ten-year series of campaigns conducted after the initial conquest of Britain. 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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