Cursus Publicus

The Infrastructure of government in Roman Britain

£53.00
Author:
E.W. Black
Publication Year:
1995
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860547815
Paperback:
207pp. Includes 72 figures.
ISBN 10:
0860547817
BAR number:
B241
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Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION
This book describes and discusses the mansiones of Roman Britain, relating the posts of cursus publicus to the development of roadside settlements. Black makes a detailed examination of particular examples of mansiones through the first to fourth centuries, and in an appendix gives a re-assessment of the Antonine Itinerary, a prime source for the names and locations of roadside settlements.