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A MAP OFBRITAIN to illustrate THE ROMAN OCCUPATION.
London: Published by the Society for PromotingChristian Knowledge.
EARLY BRITAIN.
ROMAN BRITAIN
BY
EDWARD CONYBEARE
WITH MAP
1903
ERRATA.
| p. | vii. | for | Caesar 55 A.D. | read | Caesar 55 B.C. |
| " | 56 | " | 11th century | " | 12th century. |
| " | 58 | " | Damnonian Name | " | Damnonian name. |
| " | 66 | " | ἠδικὴν [êdikên] | " | ἠθικὴν [aethikaen] |
| " | 108 | " | sunrise | " | sunset. |
| " | 133 | " | some lost authority | " | Suetonius. |
| " | 141 | " | DONATE | " | DONANTE. |
| " | 150 | " | Venta Silurum | " | Isca Silurum. |
| " | 185 | " | is flanked | " | was flanked. |
| " | 209 | " | iambic | " | trochaic. |
| " | " | " | Exquis | " | Ex quis. |
| " | 213 | " | one priceless | " | once priceless. |
| " | 232 | " | in pieces | " | to pieces. |
| " | 238 | " | constrigit | " | constringit. |
| " | " | " | Sparas | " | Sparsas. |
PREFACE
A little book on a great subject, especially whenthat book is one of a "series," is notoriously an objectof literary distrust. For the limitations thus imposedupon the writer are such as few men can satisfactorilycope with, and he must needs ask the indulgence ofhis readers for his painfully-felt shortcomings in dealingwith the mass of material which he has to manipulate.And more especially is this the case whenthe volume which immediately precedes his in theseries is such a mine of erudition as the 'CelticBritain' of Professor Rhys.
In the present work my object has been to give areadable sketch of the historical growth and decay ofRoman influence in Britain, illustrated by the archaeologyof the period, rather than a mainly archaeologicaltreatise with a bare outline of the history. The chiefauthorities of which I have made use are thus thoseoriginal classical sources for the early history of ourisland, so carefully and ably collected in the 'MonumentaHistorica Britannica';[1] which, along withHuebner's 'Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum[2],' mustalways be the foundation of every work on RomanBritain. Amongst the many other authorities consultedI must acknowledge my special debt to Mr.Elton's 'Origins of Englis