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Fishbourne Roman Palace (Paperback)
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Fishbourne Roman Palace (Paperback)
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The discovery, during the early 1960s, of the site of a Roman
Palace and its garden at Fishbourne, near Chichester, remains the
most important and exciting event in Romano-British archaeology
over the last half-century. Since his original excavation, Barry
Cunliffe has kept in close contact with work on the site and more
is now known about the building itself and about its place in the
development of Roman Britain. It is still believed that this huge
building - covering 10 acres and furnished with many mosaic floors
and other luxurious appointments - was indeed a palace, probably
belonging to Tiberius Claudius Togidubnus, who has been granted
Roman citizenship under Claudius and who as a client king was
responsible for governing the area in which the palace was
situated. As remarkable as the palace itself is the large formal
garden, laid out with paths, hedges, fountains and basins. No
comparable Roman garden has been discovered west of Italy.
Professor Cunliffe describes the whole story of the historic
excavation, unfolding the history of the site from the early
military beginnings down to the final destruction of the palace by
fire.
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