106 How Roman artworks in uenced modern Britain

14 What was life in preRoman Britain really like?

68 Meet Britain’s usurper emperor, Carausius

54 What was the fate of the lost Ninth Legion?

38 Learn how Rome’s British navy played a key role in conquest and control

60 RomevsScotland

Miles Russell follows the empire’s attempts to subjugate the tribes of far northern Britain

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68 ThefirstBritishempire

In the third century AD, a Britishbased rebel attempted to overthrow Rome’s emperors. Kevin Butcher introduces Carausius the usurper

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Roman Britain Miles Russell reveals how the Roman elite lived in luxurious villas across southern Britain

82 LEGACY

84 Apocalypse then: AD 410

When Roman control in Britain collapsed, so did Britain’s society. Simon Young examines the impact of the end of the occupation

92 The end of Roman Britain

Ken Dark reveals why Roman in uence in Britain didn’t cease as suddenly as is o en assumed, and visits nine British locations where Rome’s legacy lived on

100 Exploited by empire

David Mattingly asks whether the occupation was a turning point for British civilisation – or merely an excuse for Roman enrichment

106 What the Romans did for us

Guy de la Bédoyère shows how Roman in uence continues to shape the British psyche

114 Opinion

Britain’s Roman past is fascinatingly alive yet easily misinterpreted, says Charlotte Higgins

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