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Post-Roman Kingdoms - 'Dark Ages' Gaul & Britain, AD 450-800 (Paperback)
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Post-Roman Kingdoms - 'Dark Ages' Gaul & Britain, AD 450-800 (Paperback)
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Meticulously researched, this book examines the evidence for the
post-Roman military forces of France and Britain during the 'Dark
Ages', reconstructing their way of life and the battles they fought
in compelling detail. The collapse of the former Western Roman
Empire during the so called 'Dark Ages' c. AD 410 was gradual and
piecemeal. Out of this vacuum arose regional tribes and leaders
determined to take back kingdoms that were theirs and oust any
Roman presence for good. However, the Roman guard was tenacious and
survived in small pockets that emerged in both Gaul and Britain.
These areas of Romano-Celtic resistance held out against the Saxons
until at least the mid 6th century in Britain and against the
Visigoths and the Merovingian Franks until the late 8th century in
France. Drawing on archaeological finds, contemporary sculpture and
manuscript illuminations, Dr Raffaele D'Amato presents contemporary
evidence for 5th to 9th-century Gallic and British 'Dark Age'
armies and reconstructs their way of life and the battles they
fought. The text, accompanied by photographs and colour
illustrations, paints an intricate picture of how these disparate
groups of Roman soldiers survived and adapted on the fringes of the
Roman Empire.
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