As part of its centenary celebrations in 2010, the Roman Society organised a number of conferences across the UK exploring the theme of AD 410 and the "End of Roman Britain". This volume contains a selection of 16 papers delivered at these conferences, tackling the debate from different angles (historical, archaeological, literary) and setting out the current state of research. An introduction by Simon Esmonde Cleary serves to set the volume in the context of the study of Roman Britain over the last forty years, since the inception of the Society’s journal, "Britannia", and a conclusion by Martin Millett highlights some of the key issues raised in the volume, and points to possible ways forward for future studies.
Author(s): Fiona K. Haarer, Rob Collins, Keith J. Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Sam Moorhead, David Petts, Philippa Walton (eds.)
Publisher: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: VIII+228
City: London
Preface / Andrew Burnett 7
Introduction: the Roman Society and the Study of A.D. 410 / Simon Esmonde Cleary 1
THEMATIC STUDIES
Which "Romans"; What "Home"? The Myth of the "End" of Roman Britain / H. E. M. Cool 13
Western Britain in Late Antiquity / Ken Dark 23
Gildas: the Red Monk of the First Peasants' Revolt / Neil Faulkner 36
The Experience of "Small Towns": Utter Devastation, Slow Fading or Business as Usual / Keith J. Fitzpatrick-Matthews 43
"Limitanei" and "Comitatenses": Military Failure at the End of Roman Britain? / Rob Collins and David Breeze 61
Christianity and Cross-Channel Connectivity in Late and Sub-Roman Britain / David Petts 73
MATERIAL CULTURE
Roman Pottery in the Fifth Century: a Review of the Evidence and its Significance / James Gerrard 89
Coinage at the End of Roman Britain / Sam Moorhead and Philippa Walton 99
The Hoarding of Roman Metal Objects in Fifth-Century Britain / Peter Guest 117
Reuse of Glass, Pottery and Copper-Alloy Objects in the Late to Post-Roman Transition Period in Britain / Ellen Swift 130
REGIONAL STUDIES
A Brave New World? The Archaeology of Western Britain in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries / Roger H. White 155
The After Life of Tyrants: Roman Emperors in Early Medieval Wales / Jeremy Knight 165
Legacy Hunting and Welsh Identities / Dai Morgan Evans 173
Rethinking the Archaeology of Elmet / Ian Roberts 182
"BRIGLOMAGLOS" and "RIACUS": A Brave New World? The Balance of Power at Post-Roman Vindolanda / Andrew Birley 195
Looking over the Wall: the Late and Post-Roman Iron Age North of Hadrian's Wall / Fraser Hunter 206
Concluding Discussion / Martin Millett 217
Index 221
