I'm doing some work on pre conquest Roman influence in Britain- and seem to remember a Fisbourne find- but cannot remember what it was. Any ideas?
Plus all other evidence for a Roman influence pre the Claudan conquest gratefully received!
Hi,
You could contact Dru @ Iron Age Dumnomnika... Don't know if that helps but he is a very educated man in these subjects.
If you need his addy PM me.
Kevin.
Blimey! I remember both Colchester and Cirencester museums having evidence of pre-Conquest artefacts. Whether it was just coinage, I cannot quite remember...possibly iron bars, too. (Odd enough to stick in my memory).
I am sure someone else will be more helpful!
St Albans springs to mind - Roman military equipment from a high-status burial at Folly Lane.
I think it's described in The Excavation of a Ceremonial Site at Folly Lane, Verulamium, Rosalind Niblett, SPRS, 1999
There was, a few years ago, Manley's "AD 43: the Roman Invasion of Britain" which considered whether the invasion route was via Hampshire rather than Kent (probably on a par with "The Piercebridge Formula" for controversy!) which I seem recall (I no longer have the book) cited some finds of Roman military equipment at Fishbourne.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AD43-The-Roman-I...0752419595
Unfortunately, no one has added any detailed review on Amazon and I coulld not fund anything on Bryn Mawr which is usually a good source of reviews. The book is mentioned in an ARA bulletin of 2003, see page 4.
http://www.associationromanarchaeology.o...s1to12.pdf
Less controversially, Creighton, "Britannia: the Creation of a Roman Province" is quite a detailed study of pre-invasion links - you can get quite a bit from the preview, just search "Fishbourne":
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Britannia-Creati...fishbourne
Again, I used to own a copy but it fell victim to one of my clear-outs!
Good luck, John
There is also a possibility that the Hallaton Helmet could have been a pre-Invasion gift rather than post; depends on the interpretation of the site. But if it was it travelled a fair way outside of Kent/Hampshire and the geography of it tends to make me prefer post invasion..