Londinium: A Biography - Roman London from its Origins to the Fifth Century Hingley RichardPaperback
Londinium: A Biography - Roman London from its Origins to the Fifth Century Hingley RichardPaperback This major new work on Roman London brings together the many new discoveries of the last…
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Londinium: A Biography - Roman London from its Origins to the Fifth Century Hingley RichardPaperback
This major new work on Roman London brings together the many new discoveries of the last generation and provides a detailed overview of the city from before its foundation in the first century to the fifth century AD. He explores the multiple functions of Londinium over time, considering economy, industry, trade, status and urban infrastructure, but also looking at how power, status, gender and identity are reflected through the materiality of the terrain and waterscape of the evolving city. Richard Hingley explores the archaeological and historical evidence for London under the Romans, assessing the city in the context of its province and the wider empire.
Hingley looks at how places within the developing urban landscape were inherited and considers how the history and meanings of A particular focus of the book is the ritual and religious context in which these activities occurred.