This book challenges the artifact's self-presentation as a Roman map by examining its medieval contexts of crusade, imperial ambitions, and competition between the German-Roman Empire and the papacy.
Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...
It features 632 sites across the UK, Europe and into Africa including urban settlements and mountain passes The map covers approximately 4 million square miles (10 million square km) of land and ...
Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...
Roman road surfaces have been discovered around here before, notably at the Cantium Retail Park a little to the north-west. That discovery was slightly south of the course of the modern Old Kent Road, ...
Watling Street, built shortly after the Roman invasion in 43 AD, served as a crucial arterial road in Roman Britain. It ...