Literary sources and Inscriptions related to topics in the Roman Britain module
· Roman views of pre-conquest Britain
Caesar Conquest of Gaul Book V.12-14
Strabo (Literary Sources p.12-13)
· Caesar’s invasions
Caesar Conquest of Gaul Books IV.20-38 & V.1-23
Cicero Letters to Atticus (LS p.11)
Strabo 4.5.3 (LS p.13)
Frontinus (LS p.15)
Suetonius Life of the Deified Julius (LS p.27-28)
Tacitus Agricola Section 13
· Celtic societies and links with Rome up to AD43
Strabo (LS p.12-13)
Tacitus Annals 2.24 (LS p.15)
Suetonius Life of Caligula (LS p.28)
Dio (LS p.32)
Horace Odes (LS p.11)
Tibullus (LS p.11)
Tacitus Agricola Section 13
Coin evidence (Inscriptions 1-6)
· Claudius’ invasion and the early conquest period to AD60 – resistance and cooperation
Dio (LS p.32-35)
Suetonius Life of Claudius (LS p.28-29)
Suetonius Life of Vespasian (LS p.30)
Tacitus Annals 12.31-40 (LS p.15-20)
Tacitus Agricola Section 13-14
Inscriptions 8-11 + 18 (tombstones of soldiers), 20 (coin) & 22 (Arch of Claudius)
· Boudicca’s rebellion and its aftermath
Tacitus Annals 14.29-39 (LS p.20-26)
Dio 62.1.1-62.12.6 (LS p.35-38)
Suetonius Life of Nero (LS p.29-30)
Tacitus Agricola Sections 14-16
Inscription 24 (Classicianus’ tombstone)
· Expansion north under Agricola and earlier governors of Britain
Tacitus Agricola Section 8 + 17-38
Tacitus Histories (LS p.26-27)
Pliny the Elder Natural History (LS p.14)
Inscriptions 25 & 28 (Agricola) + 26 & 27 (II Adiutrix Legion)
· Frontier policy from Agricola to Antoninus Pius; The withdrawal back to Hadrian’s Wall c.AD160
SHA (Scriptores Historiae Augustae) Hadrian (LS p.44)
SHA Antoninus Pius (LS p.44)
Notitia Dignitatum (LS p.63)
Inscriptions 32 & 48 (coins) + 34 (VI Legion) + 35-39 (building inscriptions) + 47
· Roman views of British economy and society after AD43, as represented by the sources
Tacitus Agricola Sections 10-13 + 21
Inscription 23 (Lead pig)
(Also ‘revisit’ Caesar and Strabo to illustrate ‘change over time’)