A Companion to Roman Britain [Paperback]

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• 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.

List of Figures ix

List of Contributors xiii

Abbreviations xv

Introduction xvii
Malcolm Todd

1 Britain and the Continent: Networks of Interaction 1
Barry Cunliffe

2 Society and Polity in Late Iron Age Britain 12
Colin Haselgrove

3 The Native Elite and their Funerary Practices from the First Century BC to Nero 30
Rosalind Niblett

4 The Claudian Conquest and its Consequences 42
Malcolm Todd

5 The Conquest of Wales 60
William Manning

6 The Roman Penetration of the North in the Late First Century AD 75
Gordon Maxwell

7 Soldier and Civilian in Wales 91
Jeffrey Davies

8 The Northern Frontier of Britain from Trajan to Antoninus Pius: Roman Builders and Native Britons 114
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