ROMAN BRITAIN AND CELTIC IRELAND IN GREEK AND ROMAN SOURCES: AD 60 to 500

Presents ancient sources for the Atlantic Celts, providing new annotated translations of Roman texts which describe contact and conflict between Rome and the Celtic peoples of Britain and Ireland. Contains ancient sources ranging from AD 60 and the Boudiccan Revolt, to the disintegration of imperial rule in the AD 400s. Chapters cover ancient Ireland, the Flavian expansion of Roman Britain, the planned Irish conquest, and the first Caledonian campaign (AD 77-83). Further evidence reveals the withdrawal and consolidation of imperial frontiers behind barriers such as Hadrian's Wall, while later texts outline the threat posed by the Picts and ancient Irish. The final chapters cover the Germanic migrations that led to the collapse of Roman Britain and the ethnogenesis of the Anglo-Saxons. Contains 20 color illustrations and 2 mono illustrations.