An Imperial Possession Quotes

“The secondary rank of Victorinus is emphasized both by his relegation to the second line of the dedication and by his single name as against the tria nomina of the superintendent”
― David Mattingly, An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409

“the Scilly Isles have been increasingly slipping beneath the Atlantic and what was in Roman times a much larger main island (ancient Sulina or Sillina), now comprises many separate islands.”
― David Mattingly, An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409

“These academic priorities produce a map of ‘Roman Britian’, rather than of ‘Britain in the Roman empire’, and it is important to remind ourselves that these are not the same thing at all.”
― David Mattingly, An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409

“No person born in Britain is known to have achieved senatorial status.”
― David Mattingly, An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409

“The prime example of a small town centred on a religious sanctuary is Bath (Aquae Sulis).”
― David Mattingly, An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409

“Sites such as Water Newton, Corbridge, Godmanchester and Ilchester show evidence for significant remodelling of the heart of the site and the construction of major stone buildings.”
― David Mattingly, An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409

“Ribbon developments of strip buildings were commonly complemented by demarcated allotments attached to the rear of the structures (as at Ashton, Baldock, Hibaldstow, Tiddington).”
― David Mattingly, An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, 54 BC - AD 409