Constructed to protect the coastline of southern and eastern Britain, the forts of the 'Saxon Shore' are among the most impressive surviving monuments of the Roman occupation of the British Isles, although much about them remains a mystery. In an impressive outlay of money, manpower and materials the frontier system stretched from the Wash to the Solent and included the heavy fortification of the major harbours and estuaries of the east and south-east coast. This book explores the history of this frontier system the ruins of which define the British landscape to this day.
| ISBN: | 9781846030949 |
| Publication date: | 10th December 2006 |
| Author: | Nic Fields, Donato Spedaliere |
| Publisher: | Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 64 pages |
| Series: | Fortress |
| Genres: |
Architecture History Warfare and defence |
Constructed to protect the coastline of southern and eastern Britain, the forts of the 'Saxon Shore' are among the most impressive surviving monuments of the Roman occupation of the British Isles, although much about them remains a mystery. In an impressive outlay of money, manpower and materials the frontier system stretched from the Wash to the Solent and included the heavy fortification of the major harbours and estuaries of the east and south-east coast. This book explores the history of this frontier system the ruins of which define the British landscape to this day.
Rome's Saxon Shore features in the following genres: Architecture, History, Warfare and defence
Rome's Saxon Shore is available in Paperback
Rome's Saxon Shore was written by Nic Fields, Donato Spedaliere and published by Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Rome's Saxon Shore has 64 pages
Yes it is part of Fortress series
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