Roman Officers and English Gentlemen: The Imperial Origins of Roman Archaeology by Richard Hingley
Interdisciplinary appeal across a wide range of courses and subjects - Roman archaeology, colonial discourse theory, imperialism, Victorian studies
Work on national origins and identity are popular at the moment and this book addresses these topics in a new way
The book thoroughly examines the process of how native people become Roman (Romanisation) a fundamental topic for everyone studying Roman archaeology
Groundbreaking - redefines the basis of academic thought in both ancient and modern imperialism