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How did a major nucleated settlement respond to the Roman conquest? Occupation of Silchester (Calleva) after the Roman invasion of south-east Britain in A.D. 43 shows remarkable continuity from the pre-Roman Iron Age oppidum. Although the settlement was crossed by strategic Roman roads, the network of lanes and compounds, crowded with round and rectangular buildings, otherwise remained little changed until c. A.D. 85. The contents of rubbish pits and wells give remarkable insights into the diet, occupations, identity and ritualistic behaviour of the inhabitants, while the richly varied provenances of the pottery and other finds reveal the local, regional and long-distance connections of the community. Although there is clear evidence of investment in the town in the reign of Nero, the pre-existing settlement was not swept away until the Roman street grid was established c. A.D. 85. This volume follows on from the publication of Late Iron Age Calleva, Britannia Monograph 32 (2018)

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Michael Fulford is the leading authority on Silchester. This book makes a real contribution to that debate by presenting detailed evidence and analysis from Silchester [...] for Roman Britain enthusiasts, it has much to offer. * ClassicsForAll *

Michael Fulford is the leading authority on Silchester. This book makes a real contribution to that debate by presenting detailed evidence and analysis from Silchester […] for Roman Britain enthusiasts, it has much to offer. * ClassicsForAll *

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Professor of Archaeology at University of Reading since 1988. Director of excavations at Silchester and its environs. Principal research interests are in Roman archaeology, particularly rural settlement, urbanism, economy, material culture, technology and trade archaeologist and artefact specialist and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading.

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