Roman Britain: Life in an Imperial Provence (Life in Britain Series)
by Branigan, Keith
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0340254858
- ISBN 13
- 9780340254851
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Reader's Digest/Hodder & Stoughton, 1983 0340254858. First edition in 1983 reprint. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Tight clean unmarked book in grey cloth; spine lettered in gilt, 1375g, 320pgs, including index, gazetteer, maps on endpapers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Excellent illustrations mainly in colour throughout. DW is not price clipped. Shows what everyday life was like for the people of Roman Britain, at every level of society. Britain was under Roman occupation for more than 350 years..Upon the Iron Age society that defied the legions in AD 43, Rome swiftly imposed its own indelible stamp: towns with grid-pattern streets, superb communications, forts for the garrisons, villas for the wealthy, market-places for business, bath-houses for recreation. Book is in excellent condition; dust jacket is in fine condition with no price-clipping, No inscriptions or annotations or other markings. .
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2106
- Title
- Roman Britain: Life in an Imperial Provence (Life in Britain Series)
- Author
- Branigan, Keith
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340254858
- ISBN 13
- 9780340254851
- Publisher
- Reader's Digest/Hodder & Stoughton,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Roman Britain British History Archaeology Hardian's Wall QSE
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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