A Companion to Roman Britain

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 Britain Brings together specialists to provide an overview of recent debates about this period Exceptionally 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.

Malcolm Todd is an archaeologist and ancient historian. He has held chairs in the universities of Exeter and Durham, Visiting Fellowships at All Souls College and Brasenose College, Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellowship of the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust. He is the author of books on the Roman West and the early Germanic peoples, including The Early Germans (second edition, Blackwell, 2004), Migrants and Invaders (2001) and Roman Britain (third edition, Blackwell, 1999). He retired as Principal of Trevelyan College, Durham, in 2000.

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Britain and the Continent: Networks of Interaction	p. 1
Society and Polity in Late Iron Age Britain	p. 12
The Native Elite and their Funerary Practices from the First Century BC to Nero	p. 30
The Claudian Conquest and its Consequences	p. 42
The Conquest of Wales	p. 60
The Roman Penetration of the North in the Late First Century AD	p. 75
Soldier and Civilian in Wales	p. 91
The Northern Frontier of Britain from Trajan to Antoninus Pius: Roman Builders and Native Britons	p. 114
Scotland and the Northern Frontier: Second to Fourth Centuries AD	p. 136
Cities and Urban Life	p. 162
Gallo-British Deities and their Shrines	p. 193
Roman Religion and Roman Culture in Britain	p. 220
The Human Population: Health and Disease	p. 242
The Family in Roman Britain	p. 273
Personal Ornament	p. 288
Textiles and Dress	p. 299
Economic Structures	p. 309
Rural Settlement in Northern Britain	p. 327
Rural Settlement in Southern Britain: A Regional Survey	p. 349
Domestic Animals and their Uses	p. 371
The Army in Late Roman Britain	p. 393
Britain in the Fourth Century	p. 409
The Final Phase	p. 428
The Rediscovery of Roman Britain	p. 443
Bibliography	p. 460
Index	p. 499
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A Companion to Roman Britain

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