and subsequent encroachment throughout the land. Although contemporary archaeologists imagine the Celts had developed a “sophisticated culture” with “a wealthy elite,” they were unable to resist Rome’s military invasion in 43 C.E. Whenever the Romans landed-possibly in 55 B.C.E.-they encountered an Iron Age Celtic society of regional tribes living in settlements of thatched roundhouses. Inquiring into the deep sources of British identity.Ī classicist and chief arts writer for the Guardian, Higgins ( It's All Greek to Me: From Homer to the Hippocratic Oath, How Ancient Greece Has Shaped Our World, 2010, etc.) crafts a delightful, deeply informed recounting of her journeys across Britain in search of its ancient Roman past.
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