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Sub-Roman Britain is the period of late antiquity in Great Britain between the end of Roman rule and the Anglo-Saxon settlement. The term was originally used to describe archaeological remains found in 5th- and 6th-century AD sites that hinted at the decay of locally made wares from a previous higher standard under the Roman Empire .
Dec 21, 2005 · If we are to attempt to model the broad outlines of the interface between sub-Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England, the key characteristic would seem to be the early potency, in military and hence in political terms, of the incoming barbarians, even despite some early British resistance.
- Nick Higham
- 2, Issue1
- 21 December 2005
To say that sub-Roman Britain was simply "Roman Britain in decay" is to overlook both its achievements (monasticism, penitentials) and the continuity with its Roman (Latin education, Mediterranean trade) and Celtic (La Tène jewelry, the bardic tradition) past.
Dec 28, 2023 · This chapter considers the survival of Latin as a spoken language in Britain during the two centuries following the breakdown of Roman rule. Such material as survives to illustrate this obscure period is described and evaluated in two principal sections.
Sep 30, 2020 · Interrogating a range of textual and material evidence, this chapter presents an overview of the various approaches to ‘British’ and ‘Roman’ identity that are visible in early English culture. It gives special consideration to one of the most prominent stages on which this negotiation took place: the former towns of Roman Britain.
Feb 17, 2011 · What parallels can be found between the ideals and the actions of the Roman republic and its 21st century superpower equivalent, the United States of America?
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The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia. It arose as a fusion of the imported Roman culture with that of the indigenous Britons , a people of Celtic language and custom.
