[PDF] Imagining Roman Britain eBook

Author : Virginia Hoselitz
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 33,62 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Art
ISBN : 0861933354

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An examination of how the Roman past was perceived, and used, by Victorian Britain. The authority of classical texts was challenged in the mid-Victorian era through the unearthing of a very different "Rome" in the material remains under British soil. Developments in archaeology created a new picture of Roman Britain as wealthy and civilized - an image which sat more comfortably with the Victorians' own changing view of empire as they themselves became an imperial power. Changing intellectual ideas ensured that the Roman heritage could nolonger be seen solely as the preserve of the classically educated upper class: excavating with a spade allowed a larger audience to participate and own the Roman past. This book explores the whole phenomena, using archaeological activity in four British provincial towns (Caerleon, Cirencester, Colchester and Chester) to offer an explanation of how and why it happened, and providing authoritative and fresh insights into the way in which Victorian archaeology emerged, developed and altered how the modern world understood the ancient. In the process, it brings to the fore the frequently contradictory and confused ideas about Roman Britain in the Victorian imagination. VIRGINIA HOSELITZ gained her PhD at the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol.

Author : Charlotte Higgins
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1468312367

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The author and classics scholar shares “a delightful, deeply informed recounting of her journeys across Britain in search of its ancient Roman past” (Kirkus, starred review). What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely reliable, VW camper van, Charlotte Higgins sets out to explore the ancient monuments of Roman Britain. She explores the land that was once Rome’s northernmost territory and how it has changed since the years after the empire fell. Under Another Sky invites readers to see the British landscape, and British history, in an entirely fresh way: as indelibly marked by how the Romans first imagined and wrote, these strange and exotic islands, perched on the edge of the known world, into existence. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize

Author : Patricia Southern
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1445609258

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The most authoritative history of Roman Britain ever published for the general reader.

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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 29,24 MB
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004370927

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Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire offers new critical analysis of the textual depictions of a series of emperors in the fourth century within overlapping historical, religious and literary contexts.

Author : Henry Freeman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,63 MB
Release : 2016-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1534610472

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This book takes a holistic look at Roman Britain, from the events leading up to its official inception in AD 43 until the Romans left the Isle entirely around AD 409. The timeline is straightforward, and each chapter delves into some aspect of Romano-British life: dealing with the concept of 'the Celts'; when Britannia actually became 'Roman'; how the two peoples attempted to blend their culture through religion; and lastly, why the Romans had to leave. Inside you will read about... ✓ The Timeline ✓ Ancient Celtic Ethnicity, A Modern Invention ✓ The Beginnings Of Roman Britain ✓ Religion And Blending Culture In Roman Britain ✓ The Bitter End It can be difficult to explain everything from a neutral, unbiased perspective as most of the records from the time are Roman in nature, but drawing on a variety of perspectives from archaeologists and historians alike has made for a thought-provoking assessment of the era. Rome's power bestowed cities like London and York to Britannia, and their lasting influence is still visible today in places like Bath, and at Hadrian's Wall to the north. Roman Britain lingers on still.

Author : Dr Miles Russell
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,31 MB
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0752469290

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Roman Britain is usually thought of as a land full of togas, towns and baths with Britons happily going about their Roman lives under the benign gaze of Rome. This is, to a great extent, a myth that developed after Roman control of Britain came to an end, in particular when the British Empire was at its height in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In fact, Britain was one of the least enthusiastic elements of the Roman Empire. The northern part of Britain was never conquered at all despite repeated attempts. Some Britons adopted Roman ways in order to advance themselves and become part of the new order, of just because they liked the new range of products available. However, many failed to acknowledge the Roman lifestyle at all, while many others were only outwardly Romanised, clinging to their own identities under the occupation. Britain never fully embraced the Empire and was itself never fully accepted by the rest of the Roman world. Even the Roman army in Britain became chronically rebellious and a source of instability that ultimately affected the whole Empire. As Roman power weakened, the Britons abandoned both Rome and almost all Roman culture, and the island became a land of warring kingdoms, as it had been before.

Author : City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Publisher : Merrell
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN :

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Published to accompany exhibition of same name held at the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 3/5 - 23/6 1996. This exhibition studied the ways in which 19th century British painters such as Alma-Tadema and Samuel Palmer were inspired by the remains of ancient Rome.

Author : Guy Halsall
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 019965817X

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The story of King Arthur - probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary of medieval kings.