The Roman Era: The British Isles: 55 BC-AD 410

by Peter Salway (Editor)

The Roman period is where the past of the British Isles is first revealed through substantial written sources as well as archeology. This book distils recent archeological and documentary discoveries and advances in an accessible, concise manner for anyone interested in finding out more about the Roman Era. A number of key themes are discussed within a chronological framework. The book features chapters contributed by a team of scholars amongst those most closely involved with discovery and analysis.

Genres: History, British Literature, Nonfiction

310 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2002

About the author

Peter Salway is a British historian, who specialises in Roman Britain. He was a tutor for the Open University and later a fellow of Sidney Sussex College Cambridge and later at All Souls College Oxford. He is the author of Roman Britain (1981), a volume in the Oxford History of England series.