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John Wacher
This book enables us to visualise the changes in town and countryside brought by Roman military and civilian needs.
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Report on excavations at the Romano-British town of Petuaria, a settlement of about 13 acres, enclosed first by a turf ramp in the Hadrianic period, and later by a stone…
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John Wacher examines some basic features of Roman Britain: the cities, the towns, and the monuments of an urban culture. He considers the evidence, mainly from inscriptions, of the people…
This book breaks new ground in enabling us to visualise the changes in town and countryside brought by Roman military and civilian needs.
Substantially rewritten and re-illustrated to take account of the extensive new excavations and interpretations since John Wacher’s book was first published twenty years ago.
When originally published in 1987, this book was hailed as a landmark in the study of the Roman World. Now back in print with a new jacket and preface by…
This book examines and defines the functions of towns in Roman Britain and applies the definition so formed to Romano-British sites. It considers the towns’ foundation, political status, development and…
This edition has been substantially rewritten and re-illustrated to take account of the extensive new excavations and interpretations since John Wacher’s book was first published twenty years ago.
