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200-350 AD. The story of multi-culturalism. Out of Roman ideas and indigenous Celtic ideas come the Romano-British. We see how the Romans brought modernity in towns and cities, but how iron age Celtic identity persisted. People from Africa appeared in York - and Christianity brought a whole new world of belief, shaping culture in a way that persisted beyond any Empire.
2) Pompeii
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An illustrated chronicle of the discovery and excavation of the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, which were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
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"What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely reliable, VW camper van, Charlotte Higgins sets out to explore the ancient monuments of Roman Britain. She explores the land that was once Rome's northernmost territory and how it has changed since the years after the empire fell....
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"AD 130. Rome is the dazzling heart of a vast empire and Hadrian its most complex and compelling ruler. Far-away Britannia is one of the Romans' most troublesome provinces: here the sun is seldom seen and "the atmosphere in the country is always gloomy." What awaits the traveller to Britannia? How will you get there? What do you need to pack? What language will you speak? How does London compare to Rome? Are there any tourist attractions? And what...