Read The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain: And Their Impact on Military History

The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain: And Their Impact on Military History

M C Bishop

4.9/5 (28169 ratings)

Description:There have been many books on Britain's Roman roads, but none have considered in any depth their long-term strategic impact. Mike Bishop shows how the road network was vital not only in the Roman strategy of conquest and occupation, but influenced the course of British military history during subsequent ages. The author starts with the pre-Roman origins of the network (many Roman roads being built over prehistoric routes) before describing how the Roman army built, developed, maintained and used it. Then, uniquely, he moves on to the post-Roman history of the roads. He shows how they were crucial to medieval military history (try to find a medieval battle that is not near one) and the governance of the realm, fixing the itinerary of the royal progresses. Their legacy is still clear in the building of 18th century military roads and even in the development of the modern road network. Why have some parts of the network remained in use throughout?The text is supported with clear maps and photographs. Most books on Roman roads are concerned with cataloguing or tracing them, or just dealing with aspects like surveying. This one makes them part of military landscape archaeology.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain: And Their Impact on Military History. To get started finding The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain: And Their Impact on Military History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 210

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pen & Sword Military

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1473837472

Description: There have been many books on Britain's Roman roads, but none have considered in any depth their long-term strategic impact. Mike Bishop shows how the road network was vital not only in the Roman strategy of conquest and occupation, but influenced the course of British military history during subsequent ages. The author starts with the pre-Roman origins of the network (many Roman roads being built over prehistoric routes) before describing how the Roman army built, developed, maintained and used it. Then, uniquely, he moves on to the post-Roman history of the roads. He shows how they were crucial to medieval military history (try to find a medieval battle that is not near one) and the governance of the realm, fixing the itinerary of the royal progresses. Their legacy is still clear in the building of 18th century military roads and even in the development of the modern road network. Why have some parts of the network remained in use throughout?The text is supported with clear maps and photographs. Most books on Roman roads are concerned with cataloguing or tracing them, or just dealing with aspects like surveying. This one makes them part of military landscape archaeology.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain: And Their Impact on Military History. To get started finding The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain: And Their Impact on Military History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain: And Their Impact on Military History

The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain: And Their Impact on Military History

More Books

Murder of Crows (The Others, #2)

Murder of Crows (The Others, #2)

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

The Bishop's Pawn (Cotton Malone, #13)

The Bishop's Pawn (Cotton Malone, #13)

Vt Milites DicVntVr: A Dictionary of Roman Military Terms and Terminology (Per Lineam Valli) (Volume 5) by M C Bishop (2015-01-07)

Vt Milites DicVntVr: A Dictionary of Roman Military Terms and Terminology (Per Lineam Valli) (Volume 5) by M C Bishop (2015-01-07)

The Bishop's Man (The Cape Breton Trilogy #2)

The Bishop's Man (The Cape Breton Trilogy #2)

The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart

The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart

Vt Milites DicVntVr: A Dictionary of Roman Military Terms and Terminology: 5 (Per Lineam Valli) by M C Bishop (7-Jan-2015) Paperback

Vt Milites DicVntVr: A Dictionary of Roman Military Terms and Terminology: 5 (Per Lineam Valli) by M C Bishop (7-Jan-2015) Paperback

The Calligrapher's Handbook Essays by M C Oliver, W Bishop, J Woodcock, etc

The Calligrapher's Handbook Essays by M C Oliver, W Bishop, J Woodcock, etc

Memorial of the Life and Labors of Rt. Rev. Stephen Vincent Ryan, D. D., C. M, Second Bishop of Buffalo, N. Y (Classic Reprint)

Memorial of the Life and Labors of Rt. Rev. Stephen Vincent Ryan, D. D., C. M, Second Bishop of Buffalo, N. Y (Classic Reprint)