Coins and Power in Late Iron Age BritainCambridge University Press, 6. juli 2000 Cunobelin, Shakespeare's Cymbeline, ruled much of south-east Britain in the years before Claudius' legions arrived, creating the Roman province of Britannia. But what do we know of him and his rule, and that of competing dynasties in south-east Britain? This book examines the background to these, the first individuals in British history. It explores the way in which rulers bolstered their power through the use of imagery on coins, myths, language and material culture. After the visit of Caesar in 55 and 54 BC, the shadow of Rome played a fundamental role in this process. Combining the archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them. |
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... Caesar in 55 and 54 BC , the shadow of Rome played a fundamental role in this process . The result is a vivid picture of how people in Late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them . JOHN CREIGHTON is a Lecturer in ...
... Caesar in 55 and 54 BC , the shadow of Rome played a fundamental role in this process . The result is a vivid picture of how people in Late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them . JOHN CREIGHTON is a Lecturer in ...
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... Caesar's conquest of 55/54 BC was but a sham . The Britons might have been beaten , but unlike the Gauls they soon stopped paying their tribute to Rome and a further century had to pass until the Emperor Claudius invaded and Britain ...
... Caesar's conquest of 55/54 BC was but a sham . The Britons might have been beaten , but unlike the Gauls they soon stopped paying their tribute to Rome and a further century had to pass until the Emperor Claudius invaded and Britain ...
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... Caesar's De bello gallico ( Caesar , The Conquest of Gaul , as below ) . Aeschylus , Prometheus Bound , translated by Herbert Weir Smyth ( Loeb Classical Library 1922 ) Augustine , Confessions , translated by F. J. Sheed ( Hacket ...
... Caesar's De bello gallico ( Caesar , The Conquest of Gaul , as below ) . Aeschylus , Prometheus Bound , translated by Herbert Weir Smyth ( Loeb Classical Library 1922 ) Augustine , Confessions , translated by F. J. Sheed ( Hacket ...
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... Caesar : all in their own way had the blood of the Republic on their hands . Finally , after generations of sporadic civil war , a new consensus began to emerge among the poor and the senatorial class alike ; a consensus which could ...
... Caesar : all in their own way had the blood of the Republic on their hands . Finally , after generations of sporadic civil war , a new consensus began to emerge among the poor and the senatorial class alike ; a consensus which could ...
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... Caesar's invasion of south - east Britain . The third chapter assesses the historical evidence , and sees significant changes taking place in the immediate period following the invasion , as demonstrated clearly in the numismatic record ...
... Caesar's invasion of south - east Britain . The third chapter assesses the historical evidence , and sees significant changes taking place in the immediate period following the invasion , as demonstrated clearly in the numismatic record ...
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2 Coin and the representation of individual authority | 22 |
3 The Southern and Eastern kingdoms | 55 |
4 Classical imagery and ideology in Britain | 80 |
5 The location of Britain in the Roman world | 126 |
6 Legends and language | 146 |
7 Dynasties and identities | 174 |
from Britain to Britannia | 216 |
APPENDIX A brief introduction to Iron Age coinage in Britain | 222 |
REFERENCES | 228 |
INDEX OF COIN TYPES | 238 |
GENERAL INDEX | 241 |
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