ROME AGAINST CARATACUS -- The Roman Campaigns in Britain AD 48-58 by Webster, Graham

Batsford, 1981, London, UK first edition, hard bound in dust jacket, , 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 181 pp, many illus & maps. VG/VG CONDITION, ------------------------------------------------------------------A detailed military account of the campaigns against this British Chieftain in the west of Britain. The Roman Conquest of Britain in AD 43 was one of the most important turning points in the history of the British Isles. Dr Webster builds up a fascinating and lively picture of Britain in the first century AD and discussed in detail the various types of evidence and the theories based upon it.--------------------------------------------------------------------------Caratacus' last stand against the Romans has a central place in the folklore of the Welsh Marches, where many a hill is claimed to be the site of the famous battle. But, as Graham Webster shows, this epic encounter was not only real history but also part of an intricate ten-year series of campaigns conducted after the initial conquest of Britain.By interpreting the ancient historical accounts and piecing together the masses of archaeological evidence, Dr Webster has brilliantly reconstructed this central period of the Claudian Conquest of Britain and its immediate aftermath.