Author: Hugh DaviesPublisher: Shire Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Archeology.
Roman Roads in Britain
Author: Hugh DaviesPublisher: Shire Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Archeology.
The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain
Author: M.C. BishopPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473837472
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
There have been many books on Britain's Roman roads, but none have considered in any depth their long-term strategic impact. Mike Bishop shows how the road network was vital not only in the Roman strategy of conquest and occupation, but influenced the course of British military history during subsequent ages. The author starts with the pre-Roman origins of the network (many Roman roads being built over prehistoric routes) before describing how the Roman army built, developed, maintained and used it. Then, uniquely, he moves on to the post-Roman history of the roads. He shows how they were crucial to medieval military history (try to find a medieval battle that is not near one) and the governance of the realm, fixing the itinerary of the royal progresses. Their legacy is still clear in the building of 18th century military roads and even in the development of the modern road network. Why have some parts of the network remained in use throughout?The text is supported with clear maps and photographs. Most books on Roman roads are concerned with cataloguing or tracing them, or just dealing with aspects like surveying. This one makes them part of military landscape archaeology.
Roman Roads in Britain
Author: Ivan Donald MargaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Map of Roman Britain
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Roads of the Romans
Author: Romolo Augusto StaccioliPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892367320
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Table of contents
Roman Roads in Britain
Author: Thomas CodringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Roman Britain
Author: Guy de la BédoyèrePublisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500771839
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Superbly illustrated throughout, this illuminating account of Britain as a Roman province includes dramatic aerial views of Roman remains, reconstruction drawings and images of Roman villas, mosaics, coins, pottery and sculpture. The text has been updated to incorporate the latest research and recent discoveries, including the largest Roman coin hoard ever found in Britain, the thirty decapitated skeletons found in York and the magnificent Crosby Garrett parade helmet. Guy de la Bédoyère is one of the public faces of Romano-British history and archaeology through his many appearances on several television programmes and is the author of numerous books on the period.
The Technical Development of Roads in Britain
Author: Graham WestPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351723499
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
This title was first published in 2003. The history of roads in Great Britain has not been one of steady development, but rather, one that has waxed and waned in response to social, military and economic needs, and also as to whether there have been alternative methods of transport available. Paralleling this, the technical aspects of road construction - with the one great exception of Roman roads - can be seen as a fitful progression of improvement followed by neglect as the roadmaker has responded, albeit tardily on occasion, to the needs of the road user. This text describes the technical development of British roads in relation to the needs of the time, and thereby touches upon its relation to the history of the country more generally.
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past
Author: Christopher HadleyPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000835670X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year’ Sunday Telegraph ‘On nearly every page a random passage takes one’s breath away’ The Times Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road?
Roman Infrastructure in Early Medieval Britain
Author: Mateusz FafinskiPublisher:
ISBN: 9789463727532
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Early Medieval Britain is more Roman than we think. The Roman Empire left vast infrastructural resources on the island. These resources lay buried not only in dirt and soil, but also in texts, laws, chronicles - even charters, churches, and landscapes. This book uncovers them and shows how they shaped Early Medieval Britain. Infrastructure, material and symbolic, can work in ways that are not immediately obvious and exert an influence long after the builders have gone. Infrastructure can also rest dormant and be reactivated with a changed function, role and appearance. This is not a simple story of continuity and discontinuity: it is a story of transformation, of how the Roman infrastructural past was used and re-used, and also how it influenced the later societies of Britain.