This authoritative and original work sets the results of recentarchaeological research in the context of classical scholarship as it exploresthree main aspects ... » 

This authoritative and original work sets the results of recentarchaeological research in the context of classical scholarship as it exploresthree main aspects of RomanoBritish buildings general characteristics of form and structure the ways in which they were built and decorated the range of activities for which they were designed.This evidence is then used to discuss the social practices and domesticarrangements that characterised RomanoBritish elite society. Fullyillustrated this volume is the essential guide to how houses were built usedand understood in Roman Britain. «