The Recovery of Roman Britain 1586-1906: A Colony So Fertile »

Richard Hingley is Reader in Archaeology at the University of Durham.

Richard Hingley's study crosses traditional academic boundaries by exploring sources usually separately addressed by historians, classicists, archaeologists, and geographers, to provide a new perspective on the origin of English and Scottish identity. His book is the first full exploration of these issues to cover such a long period in the development of British society and to relate ideas derived from Roman sources to the development of empire, while also placing ideas of origin in a European context. It is illustrated throughout with artefact drawings, site plans, and photographs.

List of illustrations

Introduction 1

1 'Made and not born civil!' 17

2 A wall to separate the barbarians from the Romans 85

3 'A colony so fertile' 157

4 'The Roman occupation of Britain and our own occupation of India' 238

Conclusion 326

References 335

Index 375