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. |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 45
Side 5
... perhaps occasionally storage ; only meagre traces of occupation have been found at them . Complementing these was a series of much smaller , tightly defended sites , or ' residential fortlets ' , where dense evidence for occupation has ...
... perhaps occasionally storage ; only meagre traces of occupation have been found at them . Complementing these was a series of much smaller , tightly defended sites , or ' residential fortlets ' , where dense evidence for occupation has ...
Side 6
... Perhaps these concerns and shortages were one factor behind the increase in propitiatory rites carried out within the hillfort in the later period . Perhaps also the stress revealed itself in increased raiding as competition for limited ...
... Perhaps these concerns and shortages were one factor behind the increase in propitiatory rites carried out within the hillfort in the later period . Perhaps also the stress revealed itself in increased raiding as competition for limited ...
Side 7
... perhaps elite residences . This is our Late Iron Age landscape . Internal stresses may have been a factor in weakening the existing system , but external agency has also been invoked to try and explain these changes . In Cunliffe's view ...
... perhaps elite residences . This is our Late Iron Age landscape . Internal stresses may have been a factor in weakening the existing system , but external agency has also been invoked to try and explain these changes . In Cunliffe's view ...
Side 9
... perhaps forming small individual compounds . Cunliffe ( 1995a : 89 ) calculated that there was space for about 22 in all . Nonetheless none was marked out by architectural features or material culture as being particularly different ...
... perhaps forming small individual compounds . Cunliffe ( 1995a : 89 ) calculated that there was space for about 22 in all . Nonetheless none was marked out by architectural features or material culture as being particularly different ...
Side 11
... perhaps starting out by raiding them to procure resources , including slaves , for the insatiable Roman market , but then developing into more formal patron - client relationships . Examples of this include the Bellovaci in north - east ...
... perhaps starting out by raiding them to procure resources , including slaves , for the insatiable Roman market , but then developing into more formal patron - client relationships . Examples of this include the Bellovaci in north - east ...
Innhold
1 | |
4 | |
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 |
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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