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Discussion of daily life in Britain during the Roman domination.Tags
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Literature, Non-fiction, Britain, Life in Roamn Britain, Rome, Italy, Anthropology
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Roman Britain
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Anthony Birley was Professor of Ancient History at Manchester 1974-90 and at Dusseldorf 1990-2002.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1964
- First words
- The first Roman emperor augustus, it was generally agreed at the time of his death in AD 14, could be reasonably regarded as having extended the empire to its natural limits: 'the sea, the ocean and long rivers surround it; t... (show all)he legions, provinces and fleets are all mutually interconnected.'
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Again, it is no accident that the Anglo-Saxons were able to create a unified kingdom far sooner than the Continental Germans, and that the kingdoms of the Heptarchy closely followed the political divisions of Roman Britain.
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- Genre
- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 936.1 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Europe north and west of Italian Peninsula to ca. 499 British Isles to 410
- LCC
- DA145 .B6 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Early and medieval to 1485 Celts. Romans. Saxons. Danes. Normans
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- English
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