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A portrait of Roman Britain / John Wacher.
- Title
- A portrait of Roman Britain / John Wacher.
- Author
- Wacher, J. S.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DA145 .W124 2000 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 139 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "John Wacher's descriptions of both rural and urban settings offer a new and unique visual insight into the lost landscape of Roman Britain, as well as elucidating those aspects of Roman influence still present today. His book will add a new understanding to the study of Roman Britain for students, academics and general reader."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-129) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: the landscapes as a concept -- 1. The effect of geology, climate and humanity -- 2. Pre-Roman changes to the landscape -- 3. Roman arrival: the army and the landscape -- 4. Plough and pasture: agents for change -- 5. Farms and religion in the landscape: the rural scene -- 6. Urban topography and human sensations -- 7. Mineral extraction -- 8. Change in the Roman period: the return of a 'natural' landscape -- 9. Roman survival in the modern landscape.
- ISBN
- 0415033217
- LCCN
- ^^^99048121^
- OCLC
- 42435053
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library