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Roman Villas

By: David E. Johnston

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Paperback | 1 July 2004 | Edition Number 1

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72 Pages

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21 x 14.9 x 0.6

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To many people villas symbolise the life of luxury in the countryside of Roman Britain: mosaics and wall paintings, dining rooms and sumptuous baths. This book shows that they were indeed the country houses of prosperous Britons who had learned the ways of Rome. Current research, however, is discovering another aspect: the villa as a farm, the most efficient means of producing goods for market in the new towns, and revenue for the tax collector. The book describes the villa estate and how it was managed, its fields, equipment and outbuildings. It looks at the interdependence of villas and towns and examines the fate of the villas and their estates when the Roman rule ended. Throughout the book examples are chosen from sites that can be seen today, where the visitor can glimpse the richness and variety of life in the countryside of Roman Britain. ABOUT THE AUTHOR David E. Johnston holds a Cambridge degree in classical archaeology with Roman Britain as a special subject. Over the years he has been a practising archaeologist, amateur and professional, and his excavations have included the Sparsholt villa. He is the author of a number of books and research papers, mostly on Roman archaeology and art, especially mosaics. OTHER TITLES for Shire BY THIS AUTHOR Discovering Roman Brita

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