The Towns of Roman Britain

by Wacher, John

• ISBN13: 9780415170413
• ISBN10: 0415170419
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-10-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This edition, now in paperback for the first time, has been substantially rewritten and re-illustrated to take account of the extensive new excavations and interpretations since it was first published twenty years ago.The Towns of Roman Britaincovers the origin, development, public and private buildings, fortifications, character and demise of the province, including the provincial capital of London, the coloniae of Colchester, Lincoln, Gloucester and York, and the first civitas capitals of Canterbury, Verulamium and Chelmsford.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	6	(1)
Acknowledgements to Second Edition	7	(2)
List of Illustrations	9	(4)
Note on References	13	(1)
Preface to Second Edition	14	(1)
Introduction	15	(2)
1 What were towns and how did they develop?	17	(16)
2 What part did towns play in the province?	33	(49)
3 Towns as provincial capitals: London	82	(30)
4 The coloniae: Colchester, Lincoln, Gloucester and York	112	(77)
5 The first civitas capitals: Canterbury, Chelmsford and Verulamium	189	(53)
6 From client kingdom to civitas: Caistor-by-Norwich, Chichester, Silchester and Winchester	242	(60)
7 Flavian expansion: Cirencester, Dorchester, Exeter, Leicester and Wroxeter	302	(76)
8 Hadrianic stimulation: Caerwent, Carmarthen, Brough-on-Humber and Aldborough	378	(30)
9 Town-life or life in towns?	408	(14)
Abbreviations used in the Notes and Bibliography	422	(2)
Notes	424	(32)
Bibliography	456	(19)
Index	475