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Casey, P. J.

CARAUSIUS AND ALLECTUS The British Usurpers Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Yale University Press, 1995

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Year of publication
1995
Author
Casey, P. J.
Publishers
Yale University Press
Keyword
Roman History Roman Empire England Britain Rome
Cover description
Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0300060629

Description

Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has minor edgewear to top corners. Minor shelfwear to book. ; 9.75 x 0.75 x 6.5 Inches; 232 pages; Translations of the texts by R. S. O. Tomlin. This book tells the history of the emperors Carausius and Allectus and their renegade regime in Roman Britain from A. D. 286 to 296. Drawing on literary, archaeological, and numismatic evidence, Casey sets out the Continental and British background to their revolt, establishes the importance of sea power and marine technology at the time, and assesses the use of the two emperors as historical icons in periods of national crisis in British history.