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Allason-Jones, Lindsay. Women in Roman Britain. London: British Museum Publications, 1989. An important social study. Arnold, C. J. Roman Britain to Saxon England: An Archaeological Study. London: Croom Helm, 1984. A controversial study of the period, discussing how much of a connection really exists between the end of Roman rule in Britain and the Viking influx. Breeze, D. J. The Northern Frontiers of Roman Britain. London: Batsford Academic and Educational, 1982. Studies the fluctuating British borders. Clayton, P. A., ed. A Companion to Roman Britain. Oxford: Phaidon, 1980. An illustrated series of essays approaching the subject from an archaeological aspect. Esmonde Cleary, Simon. The Ending of Roman Britain. London: Batsford, 1989. A new look at the period ad 300-500 in the context of the fall of the western Roman Empire and the rise of the barbarian states. Fletcher, Richard. Who's Who in Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England. London: Shepeard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd, 1989. Interesting new approach: 140 short biographies set in their historical context. Frere, S. S. Britannia: A History of Roman Britain. London: Pimlico, Encyclopedic narrative history by one of the main authorities. Henig, Martin. Religion in Roman Britain. London: Batsford, 1984. Interesting study of the religious aspects of the subject. Johnson, Stephen. Later Roman Britain. London: Granada, 1988. A useful general study. Myres, J. N. L., and Collingwood, R. G. Roman Britain and the English Settlements. Oxford: Clarendon Press, A classic that was revolutionary at the time. Salway, Peter, and Blair, John. Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. Oxford History of Britain, Volume 1. Edited by Kenneth O. Morgan. A standard on the subject, this contains two broad sections, one for each period in the title. Salway, Peter. The Oxford Illustrated History of Roman Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. Up to date, authoritative, by an established authority, this ranges from just before the arrival of Julius Caesar to the early 5th century ad. Particularly useful both for readers new to the subject and for more knowledgeable readers. Thomas, Charles. Christianity in Roman Britain to AD 500. London: Batsford Academic and Educational, 2d ed., 1985. Detailed, learned, and thought-provoking study. Todd, M. Roman Britain 55 bc-ad 400. London: Fontana, 1981. A widely recommended short account. Toynbee, J. M. C. Art in Britain under the Romans. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964. A thorough, important survey by an authority on this subject. Wacher, J. S. The Coming of Rome. London: Dent, 1979. A general account of Caesar onward, this is complemented by Johnson, above.
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