Buch, Englisch, 96 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 133 g
Or, an Attempt to Trace Roman and Other Ancient Roads That Passed Through the County of Cambridge
Buch, Englisch, 96 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 133 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
ISBN: 978-1-108-07557-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
This work, first published in 1853, grew from a paper describing the crossing of two Roman roads at Cambridge, and the small Roman fort at Grantchester. However, other Roman sites were added to the investigation, and the book came to encompass all the Roman and other ancient roads of Cambridgeshire, as well as the locations where Roman coins and other remains had been found. The author, Charles Cardale Babington (1808-95), is best remembered as the pupil and assistant of John Stevens Henslow and as his successor in the chair of botany at Cambridge. However, Babington was also keenly interested in archaeology, and this fascinating work of local history is the first substantial account of Roman Cambridgeshire, describing not only the courses of the various roads but also finds such as the Roman villa at Comberton, the Roman cemetery at Trumpington, and large numbers of individual coins and other artefacts.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface; Introductory remarks; 1. Roman station at Cambridge; 2. Ancient roads through Cambridge; 3. Other ancient roads in Cambridgeshire; 4. Ancient ditches in Cambridgeshire; 5. The Car Dyke; 6. The old course of the rivers through the Fens; Appendix; Index; Plates.
