The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 CE

by Robin Fleming

Although lowland Britain in 300 CE had been as Roman as any province in the empire, in the generations on either side of 400, urban life, the money economy, and the functioning state collapsed. Many of the most quotidian and fundamental elements of Roman-style material culture ceased to be manufactured. Skills related to iron and copper smelting, wooden board and plank making, stone quarrying, commercial butchery, horticulture, and tanning largely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812252446
• ISBN13: 9780812252446
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"