THE FRONTIER PEOPLE OF ROMAN BRITAIN by Salway, Peter - 1965

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Eight plates, with eleven textual figures, including two folding. The first detailed investigation of the Romanised population in the frontier area of Northern England. Salway describes the people themselves and every aspect of their background and way of life, their legal status and their administrative system. He then examines each of the known sites individually, making special use of aerial photographs. A volume in the Cambridge Classical Studies series. Blue cloth binding, with gilt lettering. The dust jacket is clipped at the top corner of the front flap, with a bit of fading along the spine and folds, and some general soiling and rubbing. A very good copy.