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The Recovery of Roman Britain, 1586-1906

by Richard Hingley

From the late sixteenth century the rediscovery of classical texts, and an increasing interest in Roman ruins enabled far greater scope for interpreting Britain's Roman, and by extension pre-Roman past. This stimulating study examines the ways in which the Roman past was used from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries in England and Scotland to define and reinforce national identity, and offer a context and justification for colonialism and imperialism. Four specific themes are tackled: the notion that Britain was 'civilized' by the Romans; the exclusion of Scotland from this civilization by Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall; Changing ideas of the extent to which Roman culture remained the preserve of incomers, and the developing concept of Romanization in the nineteenth century; the effect of Roman ruins on nineteenth century thought as a reminder of the fall of empires. 389p b/w illus (Oxford UP 2008)

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