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UnRoman Britain - Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia (Paperback, 3rd edition)
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UnRoman Britain - Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia (Paperback, 3rd edition)
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When we think of Roman Britain we tend to think of a land of togas
and richly decorated palaces with Britons happily going about their
much improved daily business under the benign gaze of Rome. This
image is to a great extent a fiction. In fact, Britons were some of
the least enthusiastic members of the Roman Empire. A few adopted
roman ways to curry favour with the invaders. A lot never adopted a
Roman lifestyle at all and remained unimpressed and riven by
deep-seated tribal division. It wasn't until the late third/early
fourth century that a small minority of landowners grew fat on the
benefits of trade and enjoyed the kind of lifestyle we have been
taught to associate with period. Britannia was a far-away province
which, whilst useful for some major economic reserves, fast became
a costly and troublesome concern for Rome, much like Iraq for the
British government today. Huge efforts by the state to control the
hearts and minds of the Britons were met with at worst hostile
resistance and rebellion, and at best by steadfast indifference.
The end of the Roman Empire largely came as 'business as usual' for
the vast majority of Britons as they simply hadn't adopted the
Roman way of life in the first place.
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