Everyday Life In Roman Britain

Author : Lindsay Allason-Jones
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1782432876
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roman Woman written by Lindsay Allason-Jones and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman Britain is vividly portrayed in this fascinating and authentically detailed story about a year in the life of an ordinary woman and her family. The year is AD 133. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome and all its vast empire, including Britannia. The greater part of that island has long been under imperial rule and the Roman legions control most of the land, quelling uprisings and building new forts and towns. Around the fortress of Eboracum (now known as York), a bustling garrison settlement is developing, while along the north-west frontier of Hadrian's empire, the legions are completing the construction of a mighty wall. Introducing us to this world is Senovara, born into the Parisi, a local tribe whose customs have been little changed by Roman rule. But she is also the young wife of Quintus, a veteran of the 6th Legion Victrix. Settling in Quintus's home is both bewildering and awe-inspiring for Senovara as she seeks to adjust to Eboracum's cosmopolitan environment, come to terms with new customs and reconcile their cultural differences. Senovara finds that daily life in the settlement can be harsh; a constant struggle to provide her family with fresh food, water and warmth. Yet there is much enjoyment to be had as well, at the public baths or with new friends. There is also the excitement of religious festivals and in the regular news from the frontier, and peril in the form of a deadly fever which sweeps through Eboracum, forcing Senovara and her children to flee to her brother in the countryside. Roman Woman is an immersive, compelling narrative which gets to the heart of what life was like for everyday people in Roman Britain.

Author : Charles Henry Bourne Quennell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everyday Life in Roman Britain written by Charles Henry Bourne Quennell and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marjorie Quennell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everyday Life in Roman Britain written by Marjorie Quennell and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marjorie Quennell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everyday Life in Roman Britain written by Marjorie Quennell and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lindsay Allason-Jones
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daily Life in Roman Britain written by Lindsay Allason-Jones and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides informational essays on various aspects of Roman Britain life, and covers the military, civilian, country living, domestic issues, religion, and other related topics.

Author : Marjorie Quennell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everyday Life in Roman Britain written by Marjorie Quennell and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Guy de la Bédoyère
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300214030
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real Lives of Roman Britain written by Guy de la Bédoyère and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Britain of the Roman Occupation is, in a way, an age that is dark to us. While the main events from 55 BC to AD 410 are little disputed, and the archaeological remains of villas, forts, walls, and cities explain a great deal, we lack a clear sense of individual lives. This book is the first to infuse the story of Britannia with a beating heart, the first to describe in detail who its inhabitants were and their place in our history. A lifelong specialist in Romano-British history, Guy de la Bédoyère is the first to recover the period exclusively as a human experience. He focuses not on military campaigns and imperial politics but on individual, personal stories. Roman Britain is revealed as a place where the ambitious scramble for power and prestige, the devout seek solace and security through religion, men and women eke out existences in a provincial frontier land. De la Bédoyère introduces Fortunata the slave girl, Emeritus the frustrated centurion, the grieving father Quintus Corellius Fortis, and the brilliant metal worker Boduogenus, among numerous others. Through a wide array of records and artifacts, the author introduces the colorful cast of immigrants who arrived during the Roman era while offering an unusual glimpse of indigenous Britons, until now nearly invisible in histories of Roman Britain.

Author : Guy de la Bédoyère
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500771847
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roman Britain: A New History written by Guy de la Bédoyère and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lucid and engaging . . . should take pride of place on the bookshelf of specialists and non-specialists interested in Roman Britain.” —Minerva This illuminating account of Britain as a Roman province sets the Roman conquest and occupation of the island within the larger context of Romano-British society and how it functioned. The author first outlines events from the Iron Age period immediately preceding the conquest in AD 43 to the emperor Honorius’s advice to the Britons in 410 to fend for themselves. He then tackles the issues facing Britons after the absorption of their culture by an invading army, including the role of government and the military in the province, religion, commerce, technology, and daily life. For this revised edition, the text, illustrations, and bibliography have been updated to reflect the latest discoveries and research in recent years. The superb illustrations feature reconstruction drawings, dramatic aerial views of Roman remains, and images of Roman villas, mosaics, coins, pottery, and sculpture.

Author : Marjorie Quennell
Publisher : London : Batsford
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everyday Life in Roman and Anglo-Saxon Times, Including Viking and Norman Times written by Marjorie Quennell and published by London : Batsford. This book was released on 1959 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money in the Middle Ages - Battle of Hastings - Vikings - Saxon initials - Heraldic symbols.

Author : Neil Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780714130262
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everyday Life in Ancient Rome written by Neil Grant and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Rome grew to become the centre of a vast and powerful empire. The Roman way of life spread widely over Britain, Europe and parts of Africa and its legacy survived for centuries. This colourful book describes how men, women and children in ancient Rome lives and worked, what they ate and where they shopped, and what they did for leisure and entertainment. It shows how some of their famous engineering works were achieved and how typical Roman buildings functioned. public bath; look inside the structure of the great Colosseum, where gladiators and wild animals fought for the entertainment of the Roman crowds; visit the house of a wealthy Roman family; and, by contrast, see inside one of the crowded city apartment blocks where poorer Roman people lived.