Rome's First Frontier by Birgitta Hoffmann

Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Explores the contradictions between the literary evidence and archaeology of the Roman invasion of Britain. AUTHOR: Dr Birgitta Hoffmann teaches archaeology at the University of Liverpool and is also co-director of the Roman Gask Project (excavating the Gask Ridge frontier system in Perthshire, which predates Hadrian's Wall by half a century). The result of this innovative approach is a book full of surprising and controversial conclusions that will appeal to the general reader as well as those studying or teaching courses on ancient history or archaeology. Birgitta Hoffmann tackles the subject by taking a number of major events or episodes (such as Caesar's incursions, Claudius' invasion, Boudicca's revolt), presenting the accepted narrative as derived from historical sources, and then presenting the archaeological evidence for the same. Details Select delivery location Only 1 left in stock. In the process it challenges much received wisdom about the history of Roman Britain. Rome's First Frontier: The Flavian Occupation of Northern Scotland by Woolliscroft, David, Hoffmann, Birgitta (2006) Paperback: .uk: Books History Europe Great Britain Buy new: 33.52 2.80 delivery Oct 10 - 17. Archaeologists and historians all too often work in complete isolation from each other and this book hopes to show the dangers of neglecting either form of evidence. The purpose of this book is to take what we think we know about the Roman Conquest of Britain from historical sources, and compare it with the archaeological evidence, which is often contradictory.

Rome's First Frontier by Birgitta Hoffmann