Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1

A Few Things to Consider When Reading Ancient Historians

Chapter 2

Caesar Visits Britain

Chapter 3

Commius and the Caesarian Aftermath

Chapter 4

The British Forces at the Time of the Invasions – the View from the Other Side?

Chapter 5

Caligula, Claudius and the Conquest of Britain

Chapter 6

After the Invasion

Chapter 7

Boudicca

Chapter 8

Rebuilding the Province

Chapter 9

Moving Beyond Brigantia

Chapter 10

The Second Century in Roman Britain – A Time With Little History?

Chapter 11

The Severans and Britain in the Third Century AD

Chapter 12

Carausius and the Early Fourth Century

Chapter 13

The Barbarian Conspiracy and the End of Roman Britain

Appendix 1: Orosius on the Conquest of Britain under Claudius

Appendix 2: Notitia Dignitatum

Bibliography