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UnRoman Britain

eBook - Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia

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ISBN/EAN: 9780752469294
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 256 S., 16.41 MB
Auflage: 1. Auflage 2011
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen

Beschreibung

Roman Britain is usually thought of as a land full of togas, towns and baths with Britons happily going about their Roman lives under the benign gaze of Rome. This is, to a great extent, a myth that developed after Roman control of Britain came to an end, in particular when the British Empire was at its height in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In fact, Britain was one of the least enthusiastic elements of the Roman Empire. The northern part of Britain was never conquered at all despite repeated attempts. Some Britons adopted Roman ways in order to advance themselves and become part of the new order, or just because they liked the new range of products available. However, many failed to acknowledge the Roman lifestyle at all, while many others were only outwardly Romanised, clinging to their own identities under the occupation. Britain never fully embraced the Empire and was itself never fully accepted by the rest of the Roman world. Even the Roman army in Britain became chronically rebellious and a source of instability that ultimately affected the whole Empire. As Roman power weakened, the Britons abandoned both Rome and almost all Roman culture, and the island became a land of warring kingdoms, as it had been before.

Autorenportrait

Stuart Laycock studied Classics at Cambridge, before working as a writer in advertising. He is now a historian and writer, and is the author of THP's All the Countries We've Ever Invaded.

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