Unroman Britain: Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia - Brossura

Russell, Miles; Laycock, Stuart

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0752462857 ISBN 13: 9780752462851

Casa editrice: History Pr Ltd, 2011

Riassunto

When we think of Roman Britain we tend to think of a land of togas and richly decorated palaces with Britons happily going about their much improved daily business under the benign gaze of Rome. This image is to a great extent a fiction. In fact, Britons were some of the least enthusiastic members of the Roman Empire. A few adopted Roman ways to curry favor with the invaders. A lot never adopted a Roman lifestyle at all and remained unimpressed and riven by deep-seated tribal division. It wasn't until the late third/early fourth century that a small minority of landowners grew fat on the benefits of trade and enjoyed the kind of lifestyle we have been taught to associate with period. Britannia was a far-away province which, while useful for some major economic reserves, fast became a costly and troublesome concern for Rome, much like Iraq for the British government today. Huge efforts by the state to control the hearts and minds of the Britons were met with at worst hostile resistance and rebellion, and at best by steadfast indifference. The end of the Roman Empire largely came as "business as usual" for the vast majority of Britons as they simply hadn’t adopted the Roman way of life in the first place.

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L'autore

Miles Russell is an archaeology professor with more than 25 years' experience of archaeological fieldwork and publication. He is the author of Piltdown Man: The Secret Life of Charles Dawson. Stuart Laycock has been researching late Roman belts and buckles for 4 years. He is the author of Britannia: The Failed State and Warlords.

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• Editore: History Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0752462857
• ISBN 13: 9780752462851
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256