The Romanization of Britain
The Romanization of Britain
The Romanization of Britain was greeted, on first publication, as an innovative study of cultural change and interaction, offering a bold new perspective on Roman Britain based on archaeological evidence. It set out to explore the social dynamics of cultural change from a local perspective by looking at the patterns of interaction between provincial peoples and imperial power. Drawing together a wide range of excavated data as well as textual evidence, it provided a new synthesis of the province whilst offering an alternative way of understanding cultural change in the Roman Empire more widely. Its publication served to catalyse debate, stimulating very considerable discussion and generating a wide variety of responses in a range of publications. This revised edition adds a new introductory essay exploring the genesis of this classic work and reviewing the subsequent debate, while also recalibrating the author's perspective on cultural change within the wider Roman provinces.
- Utilizes a wealth of archaeological evidence to present an alternative narrative of Roman Britain
- Re-centres debate on the role of Indigenous people rather than the military in the creation of the Roman province
- Offers a substantial new Introduction reviewing the ongoing debate about Romanization, which the book transformed
Reviews & endorsements
'It should be clear that this is one of the most important and original books to be published on Roman Britain for many years, and one which all researchers into and students of Roman Britain will find themselves referring to again and again.' Greg Woolf, Ronald J. Mellor Professor of Ancient History, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
'This is a thought-provoking book on the question of the relationship between Roman and native and the process of cultural change; Millett has set us an agenda for future research in a subject area where there is still a huge harvest to reap.' Michael Fulford, Professor of Archaeology, University of Reading
'This is a thoughtful and absorbing monograph which deserves the widest readership and discussion. It is brimful of ideas and insights, underpinned by an impressive series of tables, which collect together a vast array of data. Fundamental to the approach is an emphasis on theoretical and statistical considerations, coupled with a close awareness of the work of some contemporary ancient historians.' Timothy W. Potter, Former Keeper of Prehistory and Early Europe at the British Museum
Product details
January 2025Paperback
9781009485524
290 pages
246 × 169 × 16 mm
0.51kg
Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Romanization of Britain in perspective
- 1. The nature of Roman imperialism
- 2. The pattern of later Iron Age societies
- 3. The invasion strategy and its consequences
- 4. The emergence of the 'civitates'
- 5. The maturity of the 'civitates'
- 6. Development at the periphery
- 7. The developed economy
- 8. Later Roman rural development
- Epilogue: decline and fall?
- References
- Index.
