Defying Rome : the rebels of Roman Britain / Guy de la Bédoyère
2003, First Edition. Stroud : Tempus. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #446013
Physical description: 240 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. Contents: The Battle of Britain: Cassivellaunus -- The bitter bread of banishment: Caratacus -- Bleeding from the Roman rods: Boudica -- Damned in a fair wife: Venutius -- Band of brothers: XIV Gemina Martia Victrix -- The fog and filthy air: The Northern tribes -- Ambition's debt is paid: Clodius Albinus -- From here to eternity: St Alban -- The old pretender: Postumus -- Total recall: Carausius and Allectus -- The empire strikes back: Magnentius -- Ill-weaved ambition: Magnus Maximus -- End of days: Constantine III -- Abominable and noxious teaching: Pelagius -- Patriots and tyrants -- Principal dates in Romano-British history. Subjects: Insurgency Great Britain History To 1500. Romans Great Britain. Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
Price: €12.95