Roman Britain

Of the making of books about Roman Britain there is no end. The past seven years alone have seen the publication of at least eight full-length volumes entitled Roman Britain (or similar), each purporting to portray a rounded picture of the province as a whole; and to these must be added a host of more specialised works which delineate' one part or another of the broader canvas. The appetite of the reading public for a Romano-British diet appears to know no bounds, and publishers have not been slow to include it on their standard bill of fare. A growing, interest in the heritage of the past and the fascination of archaeology per se are not enough to explain the high popularity rating of Roman Britain, for these are factors which apply equally to the study of other periods, both prehistoric- and historical.