The towns of Roman Britain / John Wacher
1997, Paperback Edition. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #349521
ISBN: 0415170419
Physical description: 480 pages: illustrations, maps. Contents: Introduction 1. What were towns and how did they develop? 2. What part did towns play in the province? 3. Towns as provincial capitals: London 4. The coloniae: Colchester, Lincoln, Gloucester and York 5. The first civitas capitals: Canterbury, Chelmsford and Verulamium 6. From client kingdom to civitas: Caistor-by-Norwich, Chichester, Silchester and Winchester 7. Flavian expansion: Cirencester, Dorchester, Exeter, Leicester and Wroxeter 8. Hadrianic stimulation: Caerwent, Carmarthen, Brough-on-Humber and Aldborough 9. Town-life or life in towns?. Subjects: Romans Great Britain History. Cities and towns, Ancient Great Britain. Great Britain Antiquities, Roman.
Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. Classical antiquities.
Price: €40.00