Andrew Gardner is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK. He is also the co-Chair of University Archaeology UK. He co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Theory (2013) and Creating Ethnicities and Identities in the Roman World (2013), and he is the author of An Archaeology of Identity: Soldiers and Society in Late Roman Britain (2007).

In this captivating book, Gardner systematically reconnects the military frontier regions of Roman Britain with the ‘civil' areas of the province, challenging the traditional separation of these two fields of study. Gardner provides a detailed analysis of the peoples and cultures of the three frontier regions that delineated Britannia from its neighbours to the west, north and south-east. Theoretically adroit and data-rich, this book shapes the research agenda for the incorporation of Britain into the Roman Empire, from the time of Caesar's incursions to the end of Roman rule.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Frontiers and Borderlands in Comparative Perspective1. The Western Frontier Zone: Sea and Settlers2. The Northern Frontier Zone: Walls and Gateways3. The South-Eastern Frontier Zone: Forts and Rivers4. The Shaping of Roman BritainConclusion: Borderlands and EmpireNotes ReferencesIndex

Andrew Gardner is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK. He is also the co-Chair of University Archaeology UK. He co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Theory (2013) and Creating Ethnicities and Identities in the Roman World (2013), and he is the author of An Archaeology of Identity: Soldiers and Society in Late Roman Britain (2007).

In this captivating book, Gardner systematically reconnects the military frontier regions of Roman Britain with the ‘civil' areas of the province, challenging the traditional separation of these two fields of study. Gardner provides a detailed analysis of the peoples and cultures of the three frontier regions that delineated Britannia from its neighbours to the west, north and south-east. Theoretically adroit and data-rich, this book shapes the research agenda for the incorporation of Britain into the Roman Empire, from the time of Caesar's incursions to the end of Roman rule.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Frontiers and Borderlands in Comparative Perspective1. The Western Frontier Zone: Sea and Settlers2. The Northern Frontier Zone: Walls and Gateways3. The South-Eastern Frontier Zone: Forts and Rivers4. The Shaping of Roman BritainConclusion: Borderlands and EmpireNotes ReferencesIndex

Andrew Gardner is Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK. He is also the co-Chair of University Archaeology UK. He co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Theory (2013) and Creating Ethnicities and Identities in the Roman World (2013), and he is the author of An Archaeology of Identity: Soldiers and Society in Late Roman Britain (2007).

In this captivating book, Gardner systematically reconnects the military frontier regions of Roman Britain with the ‘civil' areas of the province, challenging the traditional separation of these two fields of study. Gardner provides a detailed analysis of the peoples and cultures of the three frontier regions that delineated Britannia from its neighbours to the west, north and south-east. Theoretically adroit and data-rich, this book shapes the research agenda for the incorporation of Britain into the Roman Empire, from the time of Caesar's incursions to the end of Roman rule.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Frontiers and Borderlands in Comparative Perspective1. The Western Frontier Zone: Sea and Settlers2. The Northern Frontier Zone: Walls and Gateways3. The South-Eastern Frontier Zone: Forts and Rivers4. The Shaping of Roman BritainConclusion: Borderlands and EmpireNotes ReferencesIndex