A History of Roman Britain

ISBN-13: 9780192801388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 608 str.

The Open Univ Emeritus Professor Peter (Emeritus Professor

Opis

From the invasions of Julius Caesar to the unexpected end of Roman rule in the early 5th century AD and the subsequent collapse of society in Britain, this book is an authoritative and comprehensive account of Roman Britain for the general reader. Peter Salway's narrative takes into account the latest research including exciting discoveries of recent years.

Recenzje

There will be new discoveries; but this is a book that will surely stand the test of time.

O autorze

Peter Salway, formerly a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and subsequently of All Souls College, Oxford, is an Emeritus Professor of the Open University and Chairman of the Oxford Archaeological Unit. Roman Britain (Vol. I of the Oxford History of England, hbk 1981, pbk 1984). He was a contributor to K.O. Morgan (ed.): The Oxford Illustrated History of Great Britain (hbk 1984, pbk 1986), C. Haigh (ed.): The Cambridge Historical Encyclopaedia of Great Britain and Ireland (CUP, 1985), and B. Ford (ed.): The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain (CUP, 1988). He has also written reviews for the TLS and the THES, and has appeared in television and radio broadcasts.