Examining the role of Akeman Street—the Roman road stretching from St Albans to Cirencester—in a unique and unusual way, this book chooses to look not at the technology of the Roman road, as more traditional studies do, but rather to look at the "human" aspect of the road, by examining its effect on the surrounding landscape. Tim Copeland looks at the people who would have traveled this road, what effect these travelers and the road itself had on the settlements and countryside through which Akeman Street passed, and how the changing history of Roman Britain from its beginnings in the first century to its end in the fourth was echoed in the story of this most Roman of constructions.

Akeman Street

History

Copeland, Tim

Ancient Civilizations

The History Press

This work offers an examination of the area now known as Gloucestershire in the later Iron Age and Roman periods and its relationship to local, regional and provincial themes.

Roman Gloucestershire

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

History Publishing Group

The Roman legions were the formidable, highly organised and welldisciplined backbone of the Roman army, vital to maintaining order and control of the borders of the Empire and its subjugated peoples. The fortresses that were the bases of the legions reflected their values: purposeful, hierarchical and an intimidating display of Roman culture.But what was it like to live in one of these fortresses? What was the everyday experience of the legionary, centurion and commander? Life in a Roman Legionary Fortress provides a fascinating insight into the inner mechanisms of the castrum and the people who maintained it. Using the fortresses at Chester, York, Caerleon and across the Empire, Tim Copeland reconstructs the complex workings of these legionary camps and provides readers with the archaeological and literary evidence that gives us an insight into life behind the high walls.

Life in a Roman Legionary Fortress

Amberley Publishing

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