London was perhaps converted from a fort built at the time of the Roman conquest, where the emperor Claudius arrived to celebrate his victory in AD 43, to become the commanding city from which Rome supported its military occupation of Britain. London grew to support Rome's campaigning forces, and author and archaeologist Dr Dominic Perring explores the political and economic consequences of London's role as a supply base.
Dominic Perring has spent over 50 years leading archaeological research into Roman cities. In building his story of London, Perring also builds a story of Roman violence and Roman frailties. Wars and plagues left their mark on London, and Perring’s exploration of this evidence helps us understand how Rome’s response to the epidemics of the past may have sowed the seeds of late antique change. His ground-breaking study brings new information and arguments to our understanding of how Rome ruled, and how the empire failed, opening up a new debate over how archaeology might help us to understand the forces that can create and destroy cities and empires.
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