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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... dominated by hillforts. This was a pattern which had characterised the landscape for hundreds of years. But around the late second century or early Wrst century, something happened. Many ofthese sites went out of occupation. The gates ...
... dominated by hillforts. This was a pattern which had characterised the landscape for hundreds of years. But around the late second century or early Wrst century, something happened. Many ofthese sites went out of occupation. The gates ...
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... dominated landscape of central-southern Britain faced in the late second century BC, according to conventional wisdom. Yet around 100BC a series of rapid and substantial changes took place. While many of the non-hillfort settlements ...
... dominated landscape of central-southern Britain faced in the late second century BC, according to conventional wisdom. Yet around 100BC a series of rapid and substantial changes took place. While many of the non-hillfort settlements ...
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... dominant positions until they died. When hillforts were viewed as the home oflocal tribal chiefs and defensive centres in a society dominated by conXict, the transition from Middle to Late Iron Age appeared unremarkable. New contacts ...
... dominant positions until they died. When hillforts were viewed as the home oflocal tribal chiefs and defensive centres in a society dominated by conXict, the transition from Middle to Late Iron Age appeared unremarkable. New contacts ...
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... dominated by wares from the Poole Harbour area, demonstrating new contact with the coast, and there are fewer pits with propitiatory deposits, suggesting a signiWcant change in whatever social requirements there had been to make them in ...
... dominated by wares from the Poole Harbour area, demonstrating new contact with the coast, and there are fewer pits with propitiatory deposits, suggesting a signiWcant change in whatever social requirements there had been to make them in ...
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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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