Colchester Fortress Of The War God

Author : David Radford,Adrian Gascoyne
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782970750

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Colchester, Fortress of the War God by David Radford,Adrian Gascoyne Pdf

This volume is a critical assessment of the current state of archaeological knowledge of the settlement originally called Camulodunon and now known as Colchester. The town has been the subject of antiquarian interest since the late 16th century and the first modern archaeological excavations occurred in 1845 close to Colchester Castle, the towns most prominent historic site. The earliest significant human occupation recorded from Colchester dates to the late Neolithic, but it was only towards the end of the 1st century BC that an oppidum was established in the area. This was superseded initially by a Roman legionary fortress and then the colonia of Camulodunum on a hilltop bounded on the north and east by the river Colne. There is little evidence for continuing occupation here in the early post-Roman period, but in 917 the town was re-established as a burgh and gradually grew in importance. After the Norman Conquest, a castle was built on the foundations of the ruined Roman Temple of Claudius, and a priory and an abbey were established just to the south of the walled town. Although the town, as elsewhere, was affected by the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the English Civil War it remained essentially medieval in character until the 18th century. During the 19th century this process of change was accelerated by the arrival of the railway, industrialisation and the establishment of the military garrison. Since the 1960s Colchester has been subject to recurring phases of re-development, the most recent having ended only in 2007, which have had a significant impact on the historic environment. Fortunately the town is one of the best studied in the country.

Author : Martin Millett,Louise Revell,Alison Moore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191002533

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The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain by Martin Millett,Louise Revell,Alison Moore Pdf

This book provides a twenty-first century perspective on Roman Britain, combining current approaches with the wealth of archaeological material from the province. This volume introduces the history of research into the province and the cultural changes at the beginning and end of the Roman period. The majority of the chapters are thematic, dealing with issues relating to the people of the province, their identities and ways of life. Further chapters consider the characteristics of the province they lived in, such as the economy, and settlement patterns. This Handbook reflects the new approaches being developed in Roman archaeology, and demonstrates why the study of Roman Britain has become one of the most dynamic areas of archaeology. The book will be useful for academics and students interested in Roman Britain.

Author : Tim Copeland
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445643939

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Life in a Roman Legionary Fortress by Tim Copeland Pdf

This is a fascinating insight into life behind the walls of a Roman Legionary fortress.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004395695

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The World of the Siege by Anonim Pdf

The World of the Siege examines the conduct of early modern sieges (15th-18th centuries) in relation to the creation and interpretation of siege narratives. The volume provides insights into the convergences and divergences of diverse (military) cultures across Europe and Asia.

Author : Stephen Rippon
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : 9781783276806

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Territoriality and the Early Medieval Landscape by Stephen Rippon Pdf

All communities have a strong sense of identity with the area in which they live, which for England in the early medieval period manifested itself in a series of territorial entities, ranging from large kingdoms down to small districts known as pagi or regiones. This book investigates these small early folk territories, and the way that they evolved into the administrative units recorded in Domesday, across an entire kingdom - that of the East Saxons (broadly speaking, what is now Essex, Middlesex, most of Hertfordshire, and south Suffolk). A wide range of evidence is drawn upon, including archaeology, written documents, place-names and the early cartographic sources. The book looks in particular at the relationship between Saxon immigrants and the native British population, and argues that initially these ethnic groups occupied different parts of the landscape, until a dynasty which assumed an Anglo-Saxon identity achieved political ascendency (its members included the so-called "Prittlewell Prince", buried with spectacular grave-good in Prittlewell, near Southend-on- Sea in southern Essex). Other significant places discussed include London, the seat of the first East Saxon bishopric, the possible royal vills at Wicken Bonhunt near Saffron Walden and Maldon, and St Peter's Chapel at Bradwell-on-Sea, one of the most important surviving churches from the early Christian period.

Author : Roger Bland,Adrian Chadwick,Colin Haselgrove,David Mattingly
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781785708565

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Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain by Roger Bland,Adrian Chadwick,Colin Haselgrove,David Mattingly Pdf

More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed analysis and discussion. Theories of hoarding and deposition and examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in archaeological excavations. It also includes an unprecedented examination of the containers in which coin hoards were buried and the objects found with them. The patterns of hoarding in Britain from the late 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD are discussed. The volume also provides a survey of Britain in the 3rd century AD, as a peak of over 700 hoards are known from the period from AD 253–296. This has been a particular focus of the project which has been a collaborative research venture between the University of Leicester and the British Museum funded by the AHRC. The aim has been to understand the reasons behind the burial and non-recovery of these finds. A comprehensive online database (https://finds.org.uk/database) underpins the project, which also undertook a comprehensive GIS analysis of all the hoards and field surveys of a sample of them.

Author : Rupert Jackson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350149403

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The Roman Occupation of Britain and its Legacy by Rupert Jackson Pdf

This book tells the fascinating story of Roman Britain, beginning with the late pre-Roman Iron Age and ending with the province's independence from Roman rule in AD 409. Incorporating for the first time the most recent archaeological discoveries from Hadrian's Wall, London and other sites across the country, and richly illustrated throughout with photographs and maps, this reliable and up-to-date new account is essential reading for students, non-specialists and general readers alike. Writing in a clear, readable and lively style (with a satirical eye to strange features of past times), Rupert Jackson draws on current research and new findings to deepen our understanding of the role played by Britain in the Roman Empire, deftly integrating the ancient texts with new archaeological material. A key theme of the book is that Rome's annexation of Britain was an imprudent venture, motivated more by political prestige than economic gain, such that Britain became a 'trophy province' unable to pay its own way. However, the impact that Rome and its provinces had on this distant island was nevertheless profound: huge infrastructure projects transformed the countryside and means of travel, capital and principal cities emerged, and the Roman way of life was inseparably absorbed into local traditions. Many of those transformations continue to resonate to this day, as we encounter their traces in both physical remains and in civic life.

Author : Patrick Ottaway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785704529

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Winchester: Swithun’s ‘City of Happiness and Good Fortune’ by Patrick Ottaway Pdf

This critical assessment of the archaeology of the historic city of Winchester and its immediate environs from earliest times to the present day is the first published comprehensive review of the archaeological resource for the city, which as seen many major programmes of archaeological investigation.There is evidence for activity and occupation in the Winchester area from the Palaeolithic period onwards, but in the Middle Iron Age population rose sharply with settlement was focused on two major defended enclosures at St Catherine’s Hill and, subsequently, Oram’s Arbour. Winchester became a Roman ‘civitas’ capital in the late 1st century AD and the typical infrastructure of public buildings, streets and defences was created. Following a period of near desertion in the Early Anglo-Saxon period, Winchester became a significant place again with the foundation of a minster church in the mid-7th century. In the Late Anglo-Saxon period it became the pre-eminent royal centre for the Kingdom of Wessex. The city acquired a castle, cathedral and bishop’s palace under norman kings but from the late 12th century onwards its status began to decline to that of a regional market town. The archaeological resource for Winchester is very rich and is a resource of national and, for the Anglo-Saxon and Norman periods, of international importance.

Author : Francis M. Morris,Martin Biddle
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 1402 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781803276816

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Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester by Francis M. Morris,Martin Biddle Pdf

This is a detailed study of the archaeology of Roman Winchester—Venta Belgarum, a major town in the south of the province of Britannia— and its development from the regional (civitas) capital of the Iron Age people, the Belgae, who inhabited much of what is now central and southern Hampshire.

Author : Stephen Rippon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191077265

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Kingdom, Civitas, and County by Stephen Rippon Pdf

This book explores the development of territorial identity in the late prehistoric, Roman, and early medieval periods. Over the course of the Iron Age, a series of marked regional variations in material culture and landscape character emerged across eastern England that reflect the development of discrete zones of social and economic interaction. The boundaries between these zones appear to have run through sparsely settled areas of the landscape on high ground, and corresponded to a series of kingdoms that emerged during the Late Iron Age. In eastern England at least, these pre-Roman socio-economic territories appear to have survived throughout the Roman period despite a trend towards cultural homogenization brought about by Romanization. Although there is no direct evidence for the relationship between these socio-economic zones and the Roman administrative territories known as civitates, they probably corresponded very closely. The fifth century saw some Anglo-Saxon immigration but whereas in East Anglia these communities spread out across much of the landscape, in the Northern Thames Basin they appear to have been restricted to certain coastal and estuarine districts. The remaining areas continued to be occupied by a substantial native British population, including much of the East Saxon kingdom (very little of which appears to have been 'Saxon'). By the sixth century a series of regionally distinct identities - that can be regarded as separate ethnic groups - had developed which corresponded very closely to those that had emerged during the late prehistoric and Roman periods. These ancient regional identities survived through to the Viking incursions, whereafter they were swept away following the English re-conquest and replaced with the counties with which we are familiar today.

Author : Maggie Popkin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781316517567

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Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome by Maggie Popkin Pdf

This book uses ancient souvenirs and memorabilia to reveal the experiences, interests, imaginations, and aspirations of ordinary ancient Romans.

Author : Frida Pellegrino
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789697759

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The Urbanisation of the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire by Frida Pellegrino Pdf

This study investigates the development of urbanism in the north-western provinces of the Roman empire. Key themes include continuity and discontinuity between pre-Roman and Roman ‘urban’ systems, relationships between juridical statuses and levels of monumentality, levels of connectivity and economic integration, and regional urban hierarchies.

Author : Matthew Fautley,James Garon
Publisher : Matthew Fautley
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Coasts
ISBN : 0954801008

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Essex Coastline by Matthew Fautley,James Garon Pdf

Author : Andrew Hopper,Philip Major
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317143291

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England's Fortress by Andrew Hopper,Philip Major Pdf

Overshadowed in the popular imagination by the figure of Oliver Cromwell, historians are increasingly coming to recognize the importance of Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, in shaping the momentous events of mid-seventeenth-century Britain. As both a military and political figure he played a central role in first defeating Charles I and then later supporting the restoration of his son in 1660. England’s Fortress shines new light on this significant yet surprisingly understudied figure through a selection of essays addressing a wide range of topics, from military history to poetry. Divided into two sections, the volume reflects key aspects of Fairfax’s life and career which are, nevertheless, as interconnecting as they are discrete: Fairfax the soldier and statesman, and Fairfax the husband, horseman and scholar. This fresh account of Fairfax’s reputations and legacy questions assumptions about neatly demarcated seventeenth-century chronological, geographic and cultural boundaries. What emerges is a man who subverts as much as he reinforces assumed characteristics of martial invincibility, political disengagement and literary dilettantism.

Author : RICHARD. HINGLEY
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197776896

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Conquering the Ocean by RICHARD. HINGLEY Pdf

This book provides an authoritative new narrative of the Roman conquest of Britain, from the two campaigns of Julius Caesar up until the construction of Hadrian's Wall. It highlights the motivations of Roman commanders and British resistance fighters during a key period of Britain's history.