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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Side xi
... Celtic deity . All of this jarred with the image of Late Iron Age Britain I had grown up with , where 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 ...
... Celtic deity . All of this jarred with the image of Late Iron Age Britain I had grown up with , where 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 ...
Side xiii
... Celtic coin : maintained at the Institute of Archaeology in Oxford . Continental Iron Age coinage Sch . BN Nash Scheers ( 1977 ) . These are all gold coins unless otherwise specified . This is the collection of the Bibliothèque ...
... Celtic coin : maintained at the Institute of Archaeology in Oxford . Continental Iron Age coinage Sch . BN Nash Scheers ( 1977 ) . These are all gold coins unless otherwise specified . This is the collection of the Bibliothèque ...
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... celtic society ' which was based around clientship : An aristocrat would formalise a relationship with a peasant farming family , usually by investing with them a number of his own cattle . They would maintain the herd on their own land ...
... celtic society ' which was based around clientship : An aristocrat would formalise a relationship with a peasant farming family , usually by investing with them a number of his own cattle . They would maintain the herd on their own land ...
Side 8
... celtic society ' with a shared language , temperament and social structure . This form of society was viewed as dominating much of temperate Europe until its conquest by Rome ; only in Wales , Scotland and Ireland did celtic society ...
... celtic society ' with a shared language , temperament and social structure . This form of society was viewed as dominating much of temperate Europe until its conquest by Rome ; only in Wales , Scotland and Ireland did celtic society ...
Side 10
... celtic warrior society . Prestige goods from the Roman world enhanced Cunobelin and his predecessors ' ability to attract followers and maintain their dominant positions until they died . When hillforts were viewed as the home of local ...
... celtic warrior society . Prestige goods from the Roman world enhanced Cunobelin and his predecessors ' ability to attract followers and maintain their dominant positions until they died . When hillforts were viewed as the home of local ...
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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