Roman Britain: Life at the Edge of Empire

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For nearly four centuries Britain was a province on the outer edge of the Roman Empire and developed a distinctively Romano-British culture and way of life. Using the archaeological evidence, ancient written sources and the latest research on surviving artefacts - from a child's leather shoe to fascinating letters, from the monumental bronze head of the emperor Hadrian to hoards of stunning gold and silver - a picture of Roman Britain is brought vividly to life. Whether for a Roman soldier on the northern frontier or a native British farmer; for a pagan British king or a Christian Roman lady living in a villa, the diversity of lifestyles, experiences and cultures is revealed. Native British traditions of trade and craftsmanship merged with the imported Roman styles and practices to create a unique cultural synthesis, the legacy of which is still visible today in British landscapes, architecture, art and society. The authors Ralph Jackson and Richard Hobbs are curators of Romano-British antiquities in the British Museum. Ralph Jackson is also author of British Museum Research Publication 181: Cosmetic Sets of Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, which published in 2010.

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Ralph Jackson was former Senior Curator of the Romano-British collections at The British Museum. His other books include Dea Senuna: Treasure, Cult and Ritual at Ashwell, Hertfordshire (co-author); Doctors and Diseases in the Roman Empire; Cosmetic Sets of Late Iron Age and Roman Britain; Excavations at Stonea, Cambridgeshire 1980-85; Camerton: the Late Iron Age and Early Roman Metalwork and Gladiators and Caesars (co-editor).

Richard Hobbs is Senior Curator Romano-British and late Roman collections at The British Museum and Secretary of the Roman Research Trust. His other books include British Museum Object in Focus: The Mildenhall Treasure; The Mildenhall Treasure: Late Roman Silver Plate from East Anglia; Currency and Exchange in ancient Pompeii; Treasure: Finding our Past and British Iron Age Coins in The British Museum.