{"product_id":"roman-sculpture-from-the-north-west-midlands","title":"Roman Sculpture from the North West Midlands","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first comprehensive catalogue of the sculpture from this region of Roman Britain, including the first proper record of the sculpture from Wroxeter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe sculptures, all in local sandstone, were carved locally and provide an index of Romanisation in the far north-west of the Roman Empire - at the Fortress of Legio II Adivtrix and then Legio XX Valeria Victrix at \u003cem\u003eDevra\u003c\/em\u003e (Chester), and at the Fortress and subsequently the civil town of the Cornovii at \u003cem\u003eViroconium\u003c\/em\u003e (Wroxeter). The sculpture from \u003cem\u003eLetcetum\u003c\/em\u003e (Wall, Staffs) is also considered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe works range in quality from highly accomplished and decorative altars and tombstones, to rather ham-fisted efforts which hint that it was not always possible to attract sculptors to these relatively remote places. Such factors are discussed in an extended introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229030502744,"sku":"9780197262900","price":82.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780197262900_47ba4f32-2abd-44fa-8185-d2a4c63822b6.jpg?v=1764869429","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/roman-sculpture-from-the-north-west-midlands","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}