An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409 9780141903859

Table of contents :
PART ONE: Introduction. The spectre of empire --
Sources of information and rules of evidence --
'Nothing for us to fear or rejoice at.' Britain, Britons and the Roman Empire --
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PART TWO: The military community. The iron fist: conquest (43-83) and aftermath --
Britannia perdomita: the garrisoning of the provinces --
The community of soldiers --
The fashioning of the military identity --
De excidio Britanniae: decline and fall? --
--
PART THREE: The civil communities. Forma urbis: the development of towns --
Townspeople: demography, culture and identity --
The urban failure? --
PART FOUR: The rural communities. The villa and the roundhouse --
Provincial landscapes --
Free Britannia: beyond the frontiers --
Rural culture and identity --
--
PART FIVE: Comparative perspectives and concluding thoughts. Different economies, discrepant identities --
'No longer subject to Roman laws'.

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