An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - Ad 409 Tapa blanda - 2008

de David Mattingly

The definitive history of Roman Britain

In the first major narative history of the subjectin more than a generation, David Mattingly brings life in Britain during four hundred years of Roman domination into vivid relief. Drawing on a wealth of new research and cutting through the mythsand misunderstandings that commonly surround most perceptions ofRoman Britain, An Imperial Possession describes a remote and culturallydiverse province that required a heavy military presence both tokeep its subjects in order and to exploit its resources for the empire.With his wonderful addition to the Penguin History of Britain series,'Mattingly shows . . . just how interesting life could be on the outerfringes of the Roman Empire' (The Sunday Telegraph).