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Bill Putnam
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amphitheatre
aqueduct
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conquest
dewlish roman villa
dorchester
dorchester aqueduct
dumovaria
durotriges
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iron age tribe
public baths
second legion augusta
town house dorchester
vespasian

Product details

  • ISBN 9780752441047
  • Weight: 450g
  • Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Feb 2007
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

At the time of the Roman invasion of AD 43 present- day Dorset was the territory of the Iron Age tribe called the Durotriges. The Second Legion Augusta under the command of Vespasian (later to be Emperor) was responsible for the conquest of the area. The extent to which, within a generation, Roman ideas, life and language were adopted was remarkable. In addition to an amphitheatre and an aqueduct (both of which can be seen today). Dorchester (Dumovaria) boasted public baths.

This book is the result of forty years of fieldwork and practical research in Dorset by the author, and hopefully it will be of use both to inhabitants of the county and to visitors. Although written in a popular style, those engaged in research into Roman Britain in general will be able to find material that is otherwise not yet easily available in print, such as the Town House in Dorchester and the author's own work on the Dorchester Aqueduct and the Dewlish Roman Villa.
About Bill Putnam
The late BILL PUTNAM excavated the Roman Villa at Dewlish and made an exhaustive study of the Roman military aqueduct at Dorchester. For twenty-three years he was Chairman of Wessex Archaeology and is widely published on the subject of Roman archaeology.

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