Eagles over Britannia

by Guy de la Bédoyère

More evidence survives of the roman Army in Britain than any other aspect of the four centuries of Roman rule. This book sets out to chart the impact of the Roman Army and shows how, wherever the soldiers had a presence, the archaeological and epigraphic evidence for Roman culture is at its greatest, and when they went, how Roman influence rapidly declined.

Genres: History, Roman Britain

256 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Guy de la Bédoyère is author of a widely admired series of books on Roman history. He appeared regularly on the UK’s Channel 4 archaeology series Time Team and is well known in the United States for his volume The Romans for Dummies. His latest books are Gladius. Living, Fighting, and Dying in the Roman Army (2020), and Pharaohs of the Sun. How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty (2022). He lives in Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK.

Reviews

[Daniel Bennett · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a difficult subject, this does an excellent job of handling the sources. Guy has been publishing this material for some time, and there is a similar book of his with the same material. If you want to know more about what was required to feed the Roman army in the first century, then this is the book for you.