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The Romanization of Britain Martin Millett (University of Durham)

The Romanization of Britain By Martin Millett (University of Durham)

The Romanization of Britain by Martin Millett (University of Durham)


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This book sets out to provide a new synthesis of recent archaeological work in Roman Britain. The collected data are interpreted afresh with particular emphasis on the processes by which the archaeological evidence reflects social and economic organisation.

The Romanization of Britain Summary

The Romanization of Britain: An Essay in Archaeological Interpretation by Martin Millett (University of Durham)

The Romanization of Britain is an innovative study of cultural change and interaction. While there are many narrative histories of Roman Britain, this synthesis of the latest archaeological work presents the evidence in a new and provocative way. Dr Millett examines the romanization of Britain as a social process, and from a local perspective, by looking in detail at patterns of interaction between Roman imperialism and the native Roman population. Wide-ranging and extensive data from archaeology, historical sources and inscriptions are interpreted through anthropological and socio-economic models. The focus is, however, always on the excavated material, providing a clear explanation for it without overemphasis on the literary sources. All the distinctive aspects of Romano-British life are covered, including pottery production and trade, civic organization and building, and the military presence and its integration. The experience of Roman Britain is also used for more general conclusions about the nature of romanization throughout the Roman Empire.

The Romanization of Britain Reviews

'... a new way of looking at Romanisation ... Millett's analysis provides many new insights as well as dispelling some myths.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

Table of Contents

1. The nature of Roman imperialism; 2. The pattern of later iron age societies; 3. The invasion strategy and its consequences; 4. The emergence of the 'civitates'; 5. The maturity of the 'civitates'; 6. Development at the periphery; 7. The developed economy; 8. Later Roman rural development; 9. Epilogue: decline and fall?

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GOR007176968
9780521360845
0521360846
The Romanization of Britain: An Essay in Archaeological Interpretation by Martin Millett (University of Durham)
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Hardback
Cambridge University Press
19900329
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