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from Village Tribune 133
The book incorporates all the recent findings from archaeological excavations, giving a comprehensive account of the Roman presence in the Nene valley to the west of present-day Peterborough. From the late Iron Age to the very end of Roman rule, the book describes everyday life in Roman Britain focussing especially on the importance of the local town of Durobrivae (near Water Newton) and its surrounding industrial areas. There are chapters on life before the Romans, the Roman invasion of 43AD, the gradual growth of the town and the important pottery and iron-working industries that developed around it. The book’s 73 pages contain detailed photographs, illustration and maps that bring this period to life, with sections on the everyday life of the romano-british families who lived in and around the town and surrounding villas and farmsteads.
We learn about the large Roman building, or Praetorium, in Castor Village, and about one of Britain’s earliest archaeologists- Edmund Artis, who excavated in the 1820s and 30s and recorded his findings in his wonderfully illustrated 1823 volume ‘Durobrivae’, Professor Stephen Upex is a leading authority on the Roman and early Saxon periods in our area, having excavated, written about and researched it for over 40 years. This new book will be of major interest to anyone living around Peterborough wishing to know more about local history and gain an insight to the intriguing questions that are still unanswered.
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By Andrew Nash , Hon treasurer Nene Valley Archaeological Trust
The Romans in the Nene Valley
This new volume, published by the Nene Valley Archaeological Trust and the Nene Park Trust, is the first book for the general reader that explores the history of Roman Britain in our local area.
The book costs £15 (p&p free), and is available from www.nenevalleyarchaeology.co.uk or by post from NVAT, c/o 15 Helpston Road Ailsworth, Peterborough PE5 7AE- enclosing a cheque for £15 for the Nene Valley Archaeological Trust and giving your name and address.
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