Roman Britain: civil

Fulford, M. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8780-9691 (2025) Roman Britain: civil. In: Cummings, V. and Driscoll, S. T. (eds.) The Archaeology of Britain. An Introduction from Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, pp. 195-217. ISBN 9781138333833 doi: 10.4324/9780429445521-10

Abstract/Summary

Against the background of political developments between the Roman invasion of AD 43 and the abandonment of Britain by Rome in AD 409-10, this chapter explores how the character of Britain changed through the emergence of towns, a road network, the development of agriculture and a re-ordered countryside, the growth of industry and mineral exploitation, and of external and internal trade. However, with a decreasing population and the eventual loss of the controlling authority, the achievements of the first two centuries of occupation could not be sustained.

Item Type	Book or Report Section
URI	https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/124603
Identification Number/DOI	10.4324/9780429445521-10
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Archaeology
Publisher	Routledge
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