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Britannia: The Creation of a Roman Province
Contributor(s): Creighton, John (Author)
ISBN: 041533313X     ISBN-13: 9780415333139
Publisher: Routledge
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2005
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In the Late Iron Age two kings held dominion over much of Lowland Britain: Cunobelin and Verica. Just before AD 43 the rule of both of them ended - one died and the other fled - and Rome, under the Emperor Claudius, took the opportunity to invade.
Within a few generations the ceremonial centers of these Iron Age kings had been transformed into the magnificence of Roman towns with their monumental public buildings. This book looks at the interface of these two worlds, Iron Age and Roman, to see how much each owed the other.
Britannia: the creation of a Roman province offers a complete re-evaluation of both the evidence for and the interpretation of the rule of the kings of Late Iron Age Britain on the eve of the Roman conquest, and their long-lasting legacy in the creation of the Roman province of Britannia. Among topics considered are:
- The links between Iron Age kings of Britain and Rome before the Claudian conquest
- The creation of the towns of Roman Britain
- The many different natures of "Roman Identity"
- The long lasting influence of the kings on the development of the province
- The widely different ways that archaeologists have read the evidence
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
- History | Ancient - Rome
Dewey: 936.203
LCCN: 2005016334
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.6" W x 9.45" (0.98 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Cultural Region - Italy
 
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This book completely re-evaluates the evidence for, and the interpretation of, the rule of the kings of Late Iron Age Britain: Cunobelin and Verica.

Within a few generations of their reigns, after one died and the other had fled, Rome's ceremonial centres had been transformed into the magnificence of Roman towns with monumental public buildings and Britannia examines these kings' long-lasting legacy in the creation of Britannia.

Among the topics considered are:

  • the links between Iron Age king of Britain and Rome before the Claudian conquest
  • the creation of the towns of Roman Britain
  • the different natures of 'Roman identity'
  • the long lasting influence of the kings on the development of the province
  • the widely different ways that archaeologists have read the evidence.

Examining the kings' legacy in the creation of the Roman province of Britannia, the book examines the interface of two worlds and how much each owed to the other.