Imagining Roman Britain: Victorian Responses To A Roman Past

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Book Title: Imagining Roman Britain: Victorian Responses To A Roman Past

Number of Pages: 220 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Imagining Roman Britain : Victorian Responses to a Roman Past

Publisher: Royal Historical Society

Publication Year: 2015

Item Height: 0.5 in

Subject: Archaeology, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / General

Type: Textbook

Author: Virginia Hoselitz

Subject Area: Social Science, History

Item Length: 9.2 in

Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Ser.

Item Width: 6.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback