1st Edition
The London that was Rome The Imperial City Recreated by the New Archaeology
By Michael Harrison
Copyright 1971
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1971 The London that was Rome is both a detective story and a tale of buried treasure. Some years ago, Michael Harrison set out to discover the truth about Roman London. Did it survive the Saxon onslaught in the fifth century or (as many historians have claimed) did it lie sacked, ruined, and abandoned for about a century and a half? Searching for an answer, Harrison forged... Read more
Acknowledgements Author’s Foreword Introduction 1. The Problem of London’s ‘Disappearance’ 2. The Birth of a Theory 3. The Convincing Proof – "St Botolph of Icanhoh’ 4. The Five or Six? – Londons 5. The Gods of Roman London 6. The Cult of Artemis, the Bear Goddess- London’s Patron Deity 7. Hotels, Picture Galleries, Restaurants and Baths 8. The Defences of Londinium Augusta 9. Food and Finance in Londinium 10. A Walk through Roman London Appendices Bibliography Index
Biography
Michael Harrison
