A Brief History of Roman Britain - Joan P Alcock

Written by Joan P Alcock
Read by Lisa Coleman
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 28-01-13

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The rise and fall of Roman Britain, how they lived and what they left behind…

In 55 B.C. Julius Caesar came, saw, conquered and then left. It was not until A.D. 43 that the Emperor Claudius crossed the channel and made Britain the western outpost of the Roman Empire that would span from the Scottish border to Persia. For the next 400 years the island would be transformed. Within that period would see the rise of Londinium, almost immediately burnt to the ground in A.D. 60 by Boudicca; Hadrian’s Wall, which was constructed in A.D. 112 to keep the northern tribes at bay, as well as the birth of the Emperor Constantine in third century York. Interwoven with the historical narrative is a social history of the period showing how Roman society grew in Britain.

Joan Alcock is a fellow of the University of South London. She is also the author of A Social History of Roman Britain, as well as A Social History of Ancient Rome.

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