The Real Lives of Roman Britain, by Guy de la Bedoyere
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The Britain of the Roman Occupation is, in a way, an age that is dark to us. While the main events from 55 BC to AD 410 are little disputed, and the archaeological remains of villas, forts, walls, and cities explain a great deal, we lack a clear sense of individual lives. This book is the first to infuse the story of Britannia with a beating heart, the first to describe in detail who its inhabitants were and their place in our history. A lifelong specialist in Romano-British history, Guy de la Bédoyère is the first to recover the period exclusively as a human experience. He focuses not on military campaigns and imperial politics but on individual, personal stories. Roman Britain is revealed as a place where the ambitious scramble for power and prestige, the devout seek solace and security through religion, men and women eke out existences in a provincial frontier land. De la Bédoyère introduces Fortunata the slave girl, Emeritus the frustrated centurion, the grieving father Quintus Corellius Fortis, and the brilliant metal worker Boduogenus, among numerous others. Through a wide array of records and artifacts, the author introduces the colorful cast of immigrants who arrived during the Roman era while offering an unusual glimpse of indigenous Britons, until now nearly invisible in histories of Roman Britain.
The Real Lives of Roman Britain, by Guy de la Bedoyere- Amazon Sales Rank: #624604 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-15
- Released on: 2015-05-01
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Review "This is a very enjoyable book: well-organized, smartly presented and written in a lively style. A 'good read.'"—David Kennedy, author of The Roman Army in the East (David Kennedy 2014-09-12)“[An] amazing, not overly-long book. . . . Mr. de la Bédoyère[,] your commentaries on the Boudican War, tribal politics, architecture, religion, the Imperial crisis of the third century, and much, much more provide a rich historical backdrop for the stories of the lives of the ordinary people who are the real stars of your book. Great read, and my hat is off to you, sir!”—Alex Johnston, UNRV.com (Alex Johnston UNRV.com)“De la Bédoyère considers each bit of evidence with wit and imagination, leading the reader with him on the path of discovery.”—Pamela Toler, blogging at History in the Margins, from Shelf Awareness for Readers (Pamela Toler Shelf Awareness for Readers)
About the Author Guy de la Bédoyère is author of Roman Britain: A New History and many other histories. He lives in Lincolnshire, UK.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Vignettes and glimpses of Roman Britain By JPS I was wondering, at first, whether this book was yet another history Roman Britain, despite the fact that the author has already contributed his own one. It is not, or, to be more accurate, this book is something a bit different and more original.It does review the slightly more than three and a half centuries during which there was a Roman Britain and the history of this remote province of the Empire does form the background of the his book. However, it only provides the context for presenting chronologically and analysing the main findings discovered through archaeology, whether tombstones, dedications, treasure hoards, pottery, the unique tablets found in one of Hadrian Wall’s forts and so on.The book is entertaining and generally well written. It is also fascinating because of the tantalising glimpses that it offers of real lives, and of some of their every-day concerns. The author is also careful to insist on the limits of the exercise and shows how easy it is to read too much into most of these scattered and partial remains of a distant past.One point of particular interest was to show how difficult, and often impossible, it is to discover the ethnic origins of those dedicating tombstones or making religious offerings. This is because the names are mostly latinised. There are some rare cases where it is possible to identify “Celtic” names although, as the author underlines, these can often belong to Gallo-Roman emigrants just as much as they can be Briton. Other names, often, but not always, linked with the army can come from all over the Empire as far as Thrace or Syria.A related point made by the author is that this makes it impossible to assess whether, and to what extent, the various tribes and populations assimilated. Some did, particularly among the elites and these, together with settlers from other parts of the Empire were the inhabitants of villas and towns. Together with the army, with totalled between 30000 and 40000, and those whose living was linked it, the author seems to suggest that perhaps 10% to 15% of a population of up to three million may have been thoroughly Romanised.The daily life of the rest may have been largely unaffected. However, even this is largely an assumption since archaeology is about finding part of what has survived, and the conclusions that can be drawn from this are rapidly limited. This is perhaps another valuable point made by this book. There is only so much that can be learned from the remains of the past, however much fascinating they might be. As shown by the author through multiple examples, it is very easy and rather dangerous to draw “conclusions” (which, in reality, are no more than assumptions, at best) from such scattered and limited evidence.One limit, perhaps, is that this is probably not the book to start with for someone who knows very little on Rome and Roman Britain although anyone liking investigations and treasure hunts might enjoy reading it despite this. Also, there might be one or two shortcuts when presenting a quick overview of the history of the Roman Empire in order to provide context for the various finds. One example is that contrary to what the text seems to imply, Odenathus Lord of Palmyra did not initially take over the Roman East and usurp Roman authority. He seems, at least initially, to have been very careful not to do so.Four strong stars.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Another Good Book By Amazon Customer I read the author's book on the History of Roman Britain and became hooked. This is a very informative book and the way it is written makes it easy and fun to read. It could use though more images of objects and maps especially. Artifacts, geography, and the lives of people go together,
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Three Stars By georgecdavis An interesting read but it does not add greatly to the same author's "Roman Britain-A New History"
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