Journey to Britannia

From the Heart of Rome to Hadrian's Wall, AD 130

Bronwen Riley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2022
Apollo (Verlag)
978-1-80110-820-1 (ISBN)

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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.

'An erudite and fascinating work' Jan Morris, New York Times

'An artful combination of history, archaeology and the imagination' Mary Beard, New York Review of Books

'Riley manages to bring multi-faceted, polygot and multi-cultural Roman Britain to vibrant life for specialists and generalists' Country Life

It is AD 130. Rome is the dazzling heart of a vast empire and Hadrian its most complex and compelling ruler. Faraway Britannia is one of the Romans' most troublesome provinces: here the sun is seldom seen and 'the atmosphere in the country is always gloomy'.

What awaits the traveller to Britannia? How will you get there? What do you need to pack? What language will you speak? How does London compare to Rome? Are there any tourist attractions? And what dangers lurk behind Hadrian’s new Wall?

Combining an extensive range of Greek and Latin sources with a sound understanding of archaeology, Bronwen Riley describes an epic journey from Rome to Hadrian's Wall at Britannia's – and the empire's – northwestern frontier. In this strikingly original snapshot of Roman Britain, she brings vividly to life the smells, sounds, colours and textures of travel in the second century AD.

Bronwen Riley is a writer, lecturer and editor with a special interest in the Classical world. Her books include Journey to Britannia, Transylvania and Great Yarmouth Row Houses and Greyfriars' Cloister. She writes regularly on country houses, antiques, gardens, collections and heritage for publications such as Country Life, Gardens Illustrated and BBC History Magazine. She also devises literary and historical journeys in Britain, the Balkans and beyond and is director of the Transylvanian Book Festival. Bronwen read Classics at Oxford and Byzantine Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She lives in the Lake District.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.04.2022
Zusatzinfo	7 maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-80110-820-X / 180110820X
ISBN-13	978-1-80110-820-1 / 9781801108201
Zustand	Neuware