Books About Romans
Collected By My Scribe
These books about Romans have been gathered over many years. Some are now out of print. In Book-talk, that means very expensive to buy - if you find one. Many old or VERY OLD books can be read on Bill Thayer's website. He has taken the time to type all sorts of books into his site. Now everyone can read books about all things Roman, written by Romans and others, across more than two thousand years! A word of warning: take your lunch! People can be 'absent' for long periods before dragging themselves out of
Bill Thayer's treasure trove.
Libraries are wonderful places. If the goddess Fortuna has blessed you with one, use it! Librarians are very good at finding books you really want to read. They always do their best because failure upsets them. For an easy and entertaining introduction to the Roman world in general, I can't think of anything better than The Romans for DUMMIES by Guy de la Bedoyere, from Wiley Publishing. It's yellow and black and easy to spot. You will find more of his books below. (They also do a good book on training dogs but nothing about scribes or their Masters.) More books will be added to this list as I find new ones in the shops - or old ones under the bed or behind chests. All the books on this page are full of interesting facts that will help you know the Romans of Britannia better. General Roman fiction and childrens' stories that might help you learn how the Romans and British felt about things that happened here,
are listed under Roman fiction.
Books About Roman Soldiers
Titles followed by (Author, Publisher)ROMAN SOLDIER'S HANDBOOK (L Sims [illus. I McNee],Usborne)
(Surus says, 'Don't even think of enlisting till you read this one!') Garrison Life at Vindolanda: A Band of Brothers (A Birley, BT Batsford)
The People of Roman Britain (A Birley. BT Batsford) Life and Letters on the Roman Frontier (AK Bowman, British Museum Press) Roman Legionary (R Cowan, Osprey Illus.) Life in Roman Britain (T McAleavy, English Heritage) The Northern Frontier of Roman Britain (DJ Breeze, BT Batsford) Hadrian's Wall: History and Guide (Guy de la Bedoyere, Tempus) Housesteads: A Fort and Garrison on Hadrian's Wall (James Crow) The Roman Army (P Connolly, MacDonald Illus.) The Roman Army in Britain (PA Holder, BT Batsford) The Making of the Roman Army (L Keppie, BT Batsford) Roman Britain and the Roman Navy (DJP Mason, Tempus)
The Roman Army from Caesar to Trajan (M Simkins, Osprey llus.) The Roman Soldier (G R Watson, Thames & Hudson) Roman Forts (R Wilson, Bergstrom+Boyle) The Roman Legionary (M Windrow, Watts)
Books About Roman Britannia
People in the Past Series
(Heinemann Library)Ancient Roman Children Ancient Roman Homes Ancient Roman Jobs Ancient Roman War & Weapons Ancient Roman Women Shire Archaeology Series
Great knowledge - in 64 pages. Roman Military Tombstones (Alastair S Anderson) Architecture in Roman Britain (Guy de la Bedoyere)
Pottery in Roman Britain Towns in Roman Britain (Julian Bennett) The Gods of Roman Britain (Miranda J Green) Villages in Roman Britain (Robin Hanley) Roman Villas (David E Johnson) Roman Crafts and Industries (Alan McWhirr) Celtic Warriors (WF & JNG Ritchie) The Boudican Revolt Against Rome (Paul R Sealey) Roman Dress Accessories (Ellen Swift) There is a full list of titles on the back of each book. British Prehistoric Pottery (Alex M. Gibson) The Agricola (Publius Tacitus, Penguin) The Roman Chilterns (K Branigan & R Niblett, Pub. byChess Valley Archaeological & Historical Society [www.cvahs.org.uk]) The Towns of Roman Britain (J Wacher, BT Batsford)
Books About Romans
And Their Empire
Roman Law (Andrew Borkovski, Oxford U. Press)The Battle for Gaul (C Julius Caesar, Chatto & Windus) Londinium (J Morris, Weidenfield & Nicolson) Merchants,Sailors & Pirates in the Roman World (NK Rauh,Tempus) Children & Childhood in Roman Italy(Beryl Rawson,ford Uni. Press) Roman Britain (Peter Salway, Clarendon Press) Roman Roads of Europe (NHH Sitwell, Cassell) Annals of Imperial Rome & The Histories (Publius Tacitus,Penguin)
Books About Roman Ruins
In Britannia A Companion to Roman Britain (P Clayton, Phaidon) A Guide to the Roman Remains in Britain (RJA Wilson, Constable) Chedworth Roman Villa (The National Trust for England and Wales) In Italia The Complete Pompeii (Joanne Berry, Thames & Hudson)
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