Real Lives of Roman Britain Bedoyere Guy de la
An innovative, informative, and entertaining history of Roman Britain told through the lives of individuals in all walks of lifeThe Britain of the Roman Occupation is, in a way, an age that is dark to…
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An innovative, informative, and entertaining history of Roman Britain told through the lives of individuals in all walks of lifeThe Britain of the Roman Occupation is, in a way, an age that is dark to us. While the main events from 55 BC to AD 410 are little disputed, and the archaeological remains of villas, forts, walls, and cities explain a great deal, we lack a clear sense of individual lives. This book is the first to infuse the story of Britannia with a beating heart, the first to describe in detail who its inhabitants were and their place in our history.A lifelong specialist in Romano-British history, Guy de la Bedoyere is the first to recover the period exclusively as a human experience. He focuses not on military campaigns and imperial politics but on individual, personal stories. Roman Britain is revealed as a place where the ambitious