Women in Roman Britain

A new edition of the 1992 book detailing the complexities of life for women in Roman Britain. This edition chronicles the latest discoveries — tombstones, writing tablets, curse tablets, burials and artefacts — to create a vivid picture of the lives, habits and thoughts of women in Britain over four centuries. Diversity of backgrounds, traditions and tastes lies at the heart of the book — displaying the cosmopolitan nature of the Romano-British society. Lindsay Allason-Jones explores all aspects of women's life — from social status to hairstyles.

• Author
• Lindsay Allason-Jones

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 209

• Publisher
• Council for British Archaeology(GB)

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781902771434

• Genres
• history

• Release date
• 2004