Roman Britain: A New History.(Book review)
From: The Historian
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Date: 9/22/2007
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Author: Snyder, Christopher A.
Roman Britain: A New History. By Guy de la Bedoyere. (New York, N.Y.: Thames and Hudson, 2006. Pp. 288. $39.95.)
The period of Roman occupation in Britain lasted nearly four centuries. Scholars now believe that Rome's influence on Britain began long before Claudius' conquest in AD 43 and lasted for more than a generation after the emperor Honorius recognized British independence in AD 410. Yet Britain is underrepresented in the histories and annals of imperial Rome, and few ...
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