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This major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain spans the period from the first century BC to the fifth century AD.

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• Major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain
  
• Brings together specialists to provide an overview of recent debates about this period
  
• Exceptionally broad coverage, embracing political, economic, cultural and religious life
  
• Focuses on changes in Roman Britain from the first century BC to the fifth century AD
  
• Includes pioneering studies of the human population and animal resources of the island.

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The contributors examine how historians’ understanding of developments in political, economic, cultural, and religious life in Roman Britain has changed over time. They also explain the evolution of the Roman British society over its 500-year existence. This Companion will be invaluable to all those interested in the history of the period and its interpretation. The pioneering studies of the human population and animal resources of the island will be of particular interest to scholars.

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List of Figures ix
 
List of Contributors xiii
 
Abbreviations xv
 
Introduction xvii
Malcolm Todd
 
1 Britain and the Continent: Networks of Interaction 1
Barry Cunliffe
 
2 Society and Polity in Late Iron Age Britain 12
Colin Haselgrove
 
3 The Native Elite and their Funerary Practices from the First Century BC to Nero 30
Rosalind Niblett
 
4 The Claudian Conquest and its Consequences 42
Malcolm Todd
 
5 The Conquest of Wales 60
William Manning
 
6 The Roman Penetration of the North in the Late First Century AD 75
Gordon Maxwell
 
7 Soldier and Civilian in Wales 91
Jeffrey Davies
 
8 The Northern Frontier of Britain from Trajan to Antoninus Pius: Roman Builders and Native Britons 114
James Crow
 
9 Scotland and the Northern Frontier: Second to Fourth Centuries AD 136
W. S. Hanson
 
10 Cities and Urban Life 162
Michael J. Jones
 
11 Gallo-British Deities and their Shrines 193
Miranda Aldhouse-Green
 
12 Roman Religion and Roman Culture in Britain 220
Martin Henig
 
13 The Human Population: Health and Disease 242
Charlotte Roberts and Margaret Cox
 
14 The Family in Roman Britain 273
Lindsay Allason-Jones
 
15 Personal Ornament 288
Alexandra Croom
 
16 Textiles and Dress 299
John Peter Wild
 
17 Economic Structures 309
Michael Fulford
 
18 Rural Settlement in Northern Britain 327
Richard Hingley
 
19 Rural Settlement in Southern Britain: A Regional Survey 349
Anthony King
 
20 Domestic Animals and their Uses 371
Annie Grant
 
21 The Army in Late Roman Britain 393
Pat Southern
 
22 Britain in the Fourth Century 409
Simon Esmonde Cleary
 
23 The Final Phase 428
Ian Wood
 
24 The Rediscovery of Roman Britain 443
Malcolm Todd
 
Bibliography 460
 
Index 499

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