An evocation of a journey from Rome, the heart of Empire, to Hadrian's Wall during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. By AD 125 Britannia had come of age as a Roman colony. Her major cities had been established, and the building of the wall commissioned by the emperor Hadrian on the empire's Scottish frontier was almost complete. Bronwen Riley devotes a chapter to each stage of an epic journey, describing places visited and people and objects seen. Vivid and engaging, A JOURNEY TO BRITANNIA reveals the British corner of Roman civilization more arrestingly and more accurately than ever before.
| ISBN: | 9781781851340 |
| Publication date: | 18th June 2015 |
| Author: | Bronwen Riley |
| Publisher: | Head of Zeus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 335 pages |
| Primary Genre | History |
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An evocation of a journey from Rome, the heart of Empire, to Hadrian's Wall during the reign of the emperor Hadrian. By AD 125 Britannia had come of age as a Roman colony. Her major cities had been established, and the building of the wall commissioned by the emperor Hadrian on the empire's Scottish frontier was almost complete. Bronwen Riley devotes a chapter to each stage of an epic journey, describing places visited and people and objects seen. Vivid and engaging, A JOURNEY TO BRITANNIA reveals the British corner of Roman civilization more arrestingly and more accurately than ever before.
A Journey to Britannia A Journey from the Heart of Rome to Hadrian's Wall, C. AD130 features in the following genres: History, Travel, Biographies & Autobiographies, History and Archaeology, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Biography, Literature and Literary studies
A Journey to Britannia A Journey from the Heart of Rome to Hadrian's Wall, C. AD130 is available in Hardback
A Journey to Britannia A Journey from the Heart of Rome to Hadrian's Wall, C. AD130 was written by Bronwen Riley and published by Head of Zeus
A Journey to Britannia A Journey from the Heart of Rome to Hadrian's Wall, C. AD130 has 335 pages
