- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: The History Press LTD; New Ed edition (28 Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752419064
- ISBN-13: 978-0752419060
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 17.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 703,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book deals thematically with an extensive range of building types, from country villas and urban basilicas to bridges and lighthouses. It covers construction techniques, including interior decoration and features; military buildings, including frontier works, Hadrian's Wall, and the Antonine Wall; public buildings, including market buildings, inns, and monumental arches; sacred sites, including Romano-Celtic temples, Mithraea, and rural shrines; and much more. The appendices deal with orthographic projections, inscriptions, recommended sites, and Romano-British history.
About the Author
Guy de la Bidoyhre is the author of many books on Roman Britain and the Roman world, including four other widely-acclaimed titles published by Tempus - 'Hadrian's Wall: History and Guide', 'The Golden Age of Roman Britain', 'Companion to Roman Britain' and 'Voices of Imperial Rome'.
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Enthralling, well written.
Fills in a lot of the gaps left in archaeological programs.
Fills in a lot of the gaps left in archaeological programs.
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The Buildings of Roman Britain a good book for a student of history
9 Nov 2006
Format:Paperback
The book came promply and it was as discribed. The pictures in the book help with understanding of what is written.
Fabulous! Takes a few risks, but really brings history alive
7 Jan 2005
Format:Paperback
This is one of the most extraordinary history/archaeology books I've ever encountered. It is packed full of historical details, maps, and reconstructions of Roman buildings, almost all of which are now (in Britain) nothing but foundations. Further, the text is written in an intelligent but light-hearted style, making it highly accessible to non-specialists. The only, very minor, negative is that a couple of the drawings/paintings of the derelict Roman remains seem to show "gravity defying" stones, and don't seem to correspond to all the known facts. Nonetheless, that's absolute nitpicking, in what is a magnificent achievement of a book.
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