Roman Britain (Routledge Revivals) [Paperback]

Roman Britain, first published in 1972, gives the young reader a vivid impression of the British Isles immediately preceding, during and after the Roman occupation, which lasted for 400 years. Using a selection of extracts, both historical and imaginative, it offer a suitably comprehensive account of Roman Britain: the campaigns fought to subdue it, the military and civil government established to govern it, relations between the Imperial administration and the natives, and the departure of the legions to fight elsewhere in the Empire.

Selections of poetry by John Masefield, W.H. Auden, Rudyard Kipling and A.E. Housman are included, together with prose extracts from Bede, Tacitus, Hilaire Belloc, Henry Treece, Alfred Duggan, Rudyard Kipling. Physically compact, Roman Britainencourages young classicists and historians to engage imaginatively with the subject, whilst also supplying ample opportunity for more detailed discussion and further reading.

Acknowledgements; Map of Roman Britain The fair land 1. A Romans view of Britain P. Cornelius Tacitus 2. Britain (AD 731) Bede 3. Britannia Invasion 4. Caesar at the straits Charles Williams 5. The two soldiers 6. First landing G.F. Scott Elliot 7. The buried camp Wilfrid Gibson 8. Battle in the sun Henry Treece Early peace and resistance 9. The brooch Henry Treece 10. The Roman villa in England Cecil Roberts 11. Dolphin mosaic Ian Serraillier 12. Shoes for a princess John James 13. A Roman legion G.M. Durant 14. Song of the Ninth (Hispana) Legion Henry Treece 15. A noble death Henry Treece 16. The desertion of London Stephanie Plowman 17. Here the legion halted John Masefield 18. How stilts came to the Fens W.H. Barrett l£Ê