Metal Detecting Roman Britain
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While I would never turn down the opportunity of metal detecting on any land, as nobody knows what might have been lost or buried anywhere in the past, if we habitually search sites where nothing much ever happened then usually our find bags will contain nothing much! Site research not only results in more and better quality finds but also provides some reasons as to why we find things where we do, which adds interest and a sense of history to our fascinating hobby and helps you to find more.
In this book we will look at the Roman period of British history to discover what our ancestors were doing and where they may have deposited metalwork either by accident or design, so that you can find a larger share from that era. If you would like to hone your skills in researching and searching Britain’s Roman land, then this book is for you.
David Villanueva
David Villanueva (1951- ) was born in Birmingham, England, where he grew up. In the early 1970s his mother bought him a copy of Ted Fletcher's book A Fortune Under Your Feet, which, together with David's great interest in history inspired him to buy a metal detector and take up treasure hunting as a hobby. Family stories about the origins and history behind David's Spanish surname also spawned the hobby of genealogy. A career move brought David to Whitstable in Kent, England, and it was here that David's love of history research developed into great success both in metal detecting and family history research. A little later David felt the urge to put pen to paper and started writing articles for the two British metal detecting magazines - Treasure Hunting and The Searcher – which have published more than two dozens of David's articles between them. Success in writing articles soon led to David's first book: The Successful Treasure Hunter's Essential Dowsing Manual: How to Easily Develop Your Latent Skills to Find Treasure in Abundance, published in both digital format and paperback. To date, David has written over a dozen books in the metal detecting, treasure hunting and family history genres.
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Metal Detecting Roman Britain - David Villanueva
Metal Detecting Roman Britain
David Villanueva
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Julius Caesar attempted to conquer Britain in both 55 and 54 BC but failed to defeat British guerrilla resistance before he was recalled to Gaul (France) to quash a revolt. Rome, having little appetite for extending its huge Empire, made no further invasion attempts on Britain for nearly a century, until an obscure Emperor Claudius needed a quick political gesture to counter Senate opposition.
In 43 AD an army of four legions totalling around 40,000 professional soldiers, under the command of Aulus Plautius landed on the south coast of Kent or Sussex. (Fig.1) After establishing a bridgehead and fort at Richborough, Kent, the Roman army then pushed the invasion westwards and northwards. Following the battle of Medway against the major south-eastern tribe, the Catuvellauni, the Midlands and Southern tribes were conquered. Their territory, lying roughly south and east of the Fosse (or Foss) Way, became mainly protectorates ruled by native British chiefs sympathetic to Rome. (Fig.2)
Fig.1 The Roman Invasion