First published I978 by B.T. Batsford Ltd. Revised edition 1993. Reprinted 1999, 2003, 2004 by Routledge.
The Queen, who is known to most as Boadicea, has a place of her own in the ill-assorted pageant of folk heroes and heroines which passes in the popular mind for the history of Britain. Yet she was unknown to the medieval historians like Geoffrey of Monmouth, since they had no knowledge of the works of the Roman historian Tacitus. So the legendary figures of Bladud, King Lucius and Old King Cole held the field until the early sixteenth century. By then the manuscripts of Tacitus had been found by Boccacio in the neglected library of Monte Cassino and published in Italy. With so much new and authentic information about the early history of Britain, Polydore Virgil was able in 1534 to demolish the fanciful legends of medieval creation and set the period on a firm foundation of fact. In spite of this there were many British 'patriots' who vigorously defended the old stories and they made some headway in attacking Polydore Virgil's serious topographic errors.
Author(s): Graham Webster
Series: The Roman Conquest of Britain
Edition: Revised
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 152
The Plates
Maps and Diagrams
Acknowledgements
Preface
Preface to the revised edition
Introduction
1. Sources
ANCIENT HISTORIANS
THE CONTRIBUTION OF ARCHAEOLOGY
AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
2. The Opposing Forces and the State of Britain 54 BC
THE ROMAN ARMY
THE BRITONS
The evidence of Gallic and British coins
GALLIC REFUGEES
The evidence of pottery
CAESAR'S EXPEDITIONS TO BRITAIN
COMMIUS OF THE ATREBATES
3. Britain between the Invasions 54 BC–AD 43
CUNOBELINUS
CAMULODUNUM
THE ATREBATES
THE ICENI
POST-AUGUSTUS POLICIES AND TRADE
THE DEATH OF CUNOBELINUS AND ITS AFTERMATH
4. The Conquest of AD 43
THE CAMPAIGN OF AULUS PLAUTIUS
THE RAIDS OF CARATACUS
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST CARATACUS
THE DRUIDS
THE ACCESSION OF NERO AND THE ADVANCE INTO WALES
5. The Storm Breaks AD 6o
THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLT
THE UPRISING AND DESTRUCTION OF CAMULODUNUM
THE SACK OF LONDON AND VERULAMIUM
ROMAN REVENGE
THE AFTERMATH
6. The Evidence from the Ground
IN THE TERRITORY OF THE ICENI
Celtic and Roman military equipment
The military dispositions after the Battle
THE LUNT AT BAGINTON, NEAR COVENTRY
MANCETTER: THE SITE OF THE BATTLE?
7. The Trail of Destruction
THE DESTRUCTION OF CAMULODUNUM
THE TEMPLE OF CLAUDIUS
THE DESTRUCTION OF LONDON
VERULAMIUM
THE BRONZE HEAD OF CLAUDIUS
THE HOCKWOLD TREASURE
THE HAWKEDON HELMET
THE TOMBSTONE OF CLASSICIANUS
Epilogue
References
Short Bibliography
Glossary of Latin Terms and Words (plural ending in brackets)
Index
