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An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire 54BC - AD 409

by David J Mattingly

Oxbow says: This volume in the Penguin History of Britain series is designed to be a history of Roman Britain for the 21st century. Only time will tell whether this represents a real 'landmark' study, but it is undeniably a large, detailed, authoritative and approachable history of four centuries of Roman rule in Britain. Based on written, archaeological and epigraphic sources, Mattingly's approach is one of social history, as opposed to political or military history, although military events do form the framework of the discussion. In assessing the 'challenges and opportunities of Roman rule' for a military, civilian and rural population, Mattingly's vision of life under Roman rule is different from that found in some other histories of the subject, with new ideas, new approaches to the evidence and some controversial interpretations. The realities of writing a history of Roman Britain in a post-colonial era , the problem of Romanization as a model for Roman Britain and the issue of challenging stereotypes, are all apparent in this excellent book. 622p, 17 b/w figs, 14 tbs (The Penguin History of Britain I, Penguin 2006, Pb 2007)

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