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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... 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 Archaeology at the University of Reading ...
... 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 Archaeology at the University of Reading ...
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... Rome 119 Fig . 5.1 British coins with Perseus , Medusa and Pegasus 129 Fig . 5.2 Fig . 6.1 The different versions of the Aeneas / Ascanius genealogy Social and regional dialect variation 138 150 Fig . 6.2 Dialect and language variation ...
... Rome 119 Fig . 5.1 British coins with Perseus , Medusa and Pegasus 129 Fig . 5.2 Fig . 6.1 The different versions of the Aeneas / Ascanius genealogy Social and regional dialect variation 138 150 Fig . 6.2 Dialect and language variation ...
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... Rome , and even the British soothsayer at the end had a vision of the Roman god Jupiter in his sleep instead of an ethereal Celtic deity . All of this jarred with the image of Late Iron Age Britain I had grown up with , where Caesar's ...
... Rome , and even the British soothsayer at the end had a vision of the Roman god Jupiter in his sleep instead of an ethereal Celtic deity . All of this jarred with the image of Late Iron Age Britain I had grown up with , where Caesar's ...
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... Rome , translated by B. O. Foster ( Loeb Classical Library 1919 ) Nennius , British History , translated by J. Morris ( Phillimore 1980 ) Quintillian , Intitutio Oratoria , translated by H. E. Butler ( Loeb Classical Library 1921 ) ...
... Rome , translated by B. O. Foster ( Loeb Classical Library 1919 ) Nennius , British History , translated by J. Morris ( Phillimore 1980 ) Quintillian , Intitutio Oratoria , translated by H. E. Butler ( Loeb Classical Library 1921 ) ...
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... Rome . History begins . The Roman revolution was well documented by classical contemporaries , but the literary sources for events in Britain are scarce in the extreme . However , even from these a transformation can be seen to match ...
... Rome . History begins . The Roman revolution was well documented by classical contemporaries , but the literary sources for events in Britain are scarce in the extreme . However , even from these a transformation can be seen to match ...
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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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Actium AE Unit Aeneas alloy amongst Antony appear archaeological arrival Arsdell artefacts Ascanius associated Augustan Augustus British coin British dynasts Britons bronze bull burial Caesar Camulodunum Caratacus Cassivellaunus celtic century BC classical Claudius coinage colour Commian dynasty Commius communities context copied cult Cunliffe Cunobelin Danebury Dobunni dominated druides Dubnovellaunus early elite Epaticcus Eppillus evidence friendly kings Gaius Gallic Gallo-Belgic GARMANOS Gaul gold gorgons Haselgrove Hayling Island head Hellenistic Heracles hillforts horse horseman individuals inscription Iron Age Britain Juba Juba II kingship large number late first century Late Iron Age later Latin linguistic Mandubracius motifs northern Europe obsides Octavian Pegasus perhaps Phase political represented RIC Aug ritual Roman world Rome sacrifice silver Silvius social south-east Britain southern Stater status story suggests symbol Tasciovanus temple Theme Tiberius Tincomarus torcs trance Treveri types Verica Verulamium Victory whilst Zanker