Books

The Landscape of Roman Britain by Ken and Petra Dark (Sutton, 1998)
The authors analyse and interpret archaeological evidence of rural life in Roman Britain and provide an overview of Romano-British agriculture, the impact of Roman towns and roads and that of human and industrial activity on the landscape.
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Roman Towns in Britain by Guy de la Bédoyère (Tempus Publishing, 2003)
Presents the history of the development of Romano-British towns in the aftermath of the invasion of AD43 and discusses the conditions under which towns developed, the public buildings that were constructed and improvements in urban housing which together allowed a thriving urban economy to flourish.
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Towns and Power in Roman Britain by Raphael Isserlin (Tempus Publishing, 2003)
In order to understand how towns functioned, the author looks at their monuments and rituals, and examines the impact of civic buildings – whether as architecture, as symbols of power and pride or as the means of promoting social change.
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The Towns of Roman Britain by John Wacher (Taylor and Francis, 1997)
First published in 1975 this monumental study marked a watershed in Romano-British research and this edition has been substantially re-written to take account of extensive new excavations. The author covers fortifications, the character and demise of each of the twenty-one major towns of the province, the coloniae and the first civitas capitals.
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Links

The Main Roman Roads and Towns of Britain
www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/mis_frame_page.htm
The Romans constructed over 10,000 miles of road in Britain. This site highlights these roads and towns, county by county.

A New World/Building a Province
www.btinternet.com/~ron.wilcox/onlinetexts
/onlinetexts-index.htm
This online archaeology course offers a good overview of how the Romans constructed towns across Britain and the materials they used.

The Romans in Britain – Settlements, Towns and Cities
www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/arl_settlements_towns_cities.htm
This site has maps and information on the tribes that lived across Britain when the Romans arrived and reveals the structure of the towns subsequently built by the Romans and the buildings housed within them.

The Structure of Roman Towns
www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/arc_roman_towns.htm
Describes with diagrams the structure and layout of several Roman towns in Britain, including Londinium.