Londinium: London in the Roman Empire

Londinium: London in the Roman Empire

by JohnMorris (Author)

Synopsis

At the time of the Roman invasion of Britain, the site of London was an untamed,uninhabited forest and the conquering Roman fleet founded Londinium, as they named it, not as a garrison or a fortress but as a centre of government. John Morris' Londinium ia a authoritative account of London's first 600 years, frompre-Roman to Saxon times.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 500
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 09 Feb 1998

ISBN 10: 0297841459
ISBN 13: 9780297841456
Book Overview: Author's other titles inc. The Age Of Arthur

Author Bio
John Morris was the first professional historian to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the scattered evidence concerning the infant years of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, their influence on each other and their relationship with Europe. The Age of Arthur is now the classic account of the British Isles from the fourth to the seventh centuries. Senior Lecturer in AncientHistory at University College, London, the late Dr John Morris founded the journal Past and Present in 1952 and was its first editor. He initiated a major new edition of the Doomsday Book and, with A.H.M. Jones, the Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. His last book, Londinium: London in the Roman Empir