The Roman Invasion of Britain

Graham Webster0415218284, 9780415218283, 9780203251355

Gives the background of Britain before the Roman invasion of 43 AD and goes on to describe the Roman forces, the personalities involved, the actual invasion – including the crucial battle on the Medway – and Claudius’ triumphal entrance into Camulodunum, the British capital.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
Preface……Page 8
Preface to the Revised Edition……Page 9
Acknowledgments……Page 10
List of Illustrations……Page 11
Introduction……Page 14
The Sources of Evidence……Page 16
The Celts and Julius Caesar……Page 32
The Tribes of South-East Britain and their Rulers……Page 42
The Opposing Forces……Page 77
The Invasion and Advance to Camulodunum……Page 95
The Shape of the Roman Province……Page 112
The Claudian Celebrations and Departure of Plautius……Page 169
References……Page 174
Translation of Dio……Page 201
The number of units in the army of Plautius……Page 204
Abbreviations……Page 205
Bibliographical references……Page 206
Glossary of Latin terms……Page 207
Glossary of technical terms……Page 211
Place names in the modern and Roman forms……Page 212
Index……Page 215