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The Coming of Rome (Routledge Revivals)

By John Wacher Copyright 1979
446 Pages
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The Coming of Rome , first published in 1979, examines some basic features of Roman Britain: the cities, the towns, and the monuments of an urban culture. J.S. Wacher considers the evidence, mainly from inscriptions, of the people who inhabited or visited Britain during approximately the first two centuries of Roman rule. The Roman conquest of Britain and the progressive extension of Roman... Read more

Illustrations; Acknowledgements 1. Caesar and Britain 2. Power politics – 3. – and the people 4. Roman successes – and failures 5. ‘Pax Romana’ – the benefits for Britain 6. The people of Roman Britain – the army and the administration 7. The people of Roman Britain – migrant and native 8. The benefit for Rome – a conclusion; The Best of early Roman Britain; Index

Biography

Wacher, John