Author: Andrew PearsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Construction of the Saxon Shore Forts
Author: Andrew PearsonThe Construction of the Saxon Shore Forts
Author: Andrew F. PearsonPublisher: BAR British Series
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Saxon Shore Forts were a late Roman phenomenon built in the 3rd century AD, stretching from Brancaster to Portchester.
Roman Fortifications on the "Saxon Shore"
Author: Stephen JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The Saxon Shore
Author: Council for British ArchaeologyPublisher: Council for British Archaeology(GB)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The Roman Forts of the Saxon Shore
Author: Leonard CottrellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fortification
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Rome’s Saxon Shore
Author: Nic FieldsPublisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781846030949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Although the exact dates of construction of the so-called Saxon Shore forts are uncertain, the development of the frontier system that ran form the Wash to the Solent on the south-east coast of Roman Britain was spread over at least a century and a half. Many of the new forts were notable for the superior strength of their defences, with thicker stone walls bristling with projecting curved bastions. These and other features were clearly designed to them more difficult to storm than old-style frontier forts with their classic playing-card shape and internal towers. Defense earlier in the Roman era had meant aggressive response in the open field or even offensive pre-emptive strikes into enemy territory. The new trend was to build stronger, the emphasis being on solid, more static defense, anticipating attack and absorbing it rather than going out to meet it. Most of the major harbours and estuaries of the east and south-east coasts of Britain were fortified in this manner. There was a similar series of military installations across the Channel in Gaul, extending along the northern coast as far as what is now Brittany. Whatever their precise tactical and strategic function, a continuing debate to which this book contributes, the construction of these stone forts represented a huge outlay of money, and commitment of manpower and materials. The Saxon Shore Forts are among the most impressive surviving monuments of Roman Britain. This book addresses a number ofthe fascinating questions they provoke - Who built these Forts? When and for what purposes? How were they built? How did they operate? Who garrisoned them, and for how long?
The Saxon Shore
Author: Jack WhytePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765306506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Vol. 4.
The Roman Shore Forts
Author: Andrew PearsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In the late Roman Empire, forts were constructed along the eastern and southern coasts of Britain as part of the defenses against Saxon raiders. Andrew Pearson looks at the eleven surviving forts, and explains how they were constructed and what their precise role was.
The Roman Forts of the Saxon Shore
Author: Stephen JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Carausius.
The Saxon Shore Way
Author: Alan SillitoePublisher: Hutchinson Radius
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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