Life in Roman Britain

by Anthony R. Birley

Life in Roman Britain – now in its fifth impression and available in paperback for the first time – provides the ideal introduction to the subject. Professor Anthony Birley covers every facet of Roman Britain, from life at home, in the town and in the countryside to religion, the economy, the army and provincial administration. This book is illustrated with 147 photographs.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, British Literature

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Anthony Richard Birley FSA was a British ancient historian, archaeologist and academic.

Reviews

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Chicago Public Library used to have a great store, Secondhand Prose, at their outlet in the Lincoln Square neighborhood where books discarded by the system were available cheaply. Many were extra copies of books which had passed their popularity, but some were scholarly works. Later, the store moved to the new Harold Washington Library downtown where it languishes, a ever-paler shadow of its former self.

I picked up Birley's book at Secondhand Prose, the original one. It wasn't the first book I'd read about Roman Britain--maybe the fourth, but it was a good, and well-illustrated, refresher. Birley was known not only as an armchair historian, but also as an archaeologist.