The Towns of Roman Britain

The Towns of Roman Britain is an interesting account of the role the Roman culture played in the development of Great Britain. The book starts with the first mentions of the British Isles in Herodotus, Aristotle, and Julius Caesar, who was the first Roman to mention the British Isles in his writings. The author derives the word «brit» from the Welsh word meaning «tattooed,» and the book contains many other interesting historical facts of the kind. It goes into the history of each city known as such that was founded by Romans, including Bath, Chester, Canterbury, and many others. For each city, Bevan gives an original Roman name, data about its foundation and early history, and the remnants of the Roman culture, such as the Hadrian Wall, that lived up to our days.