The Hinterland of Hadrian's Wall and Derbyshire - (Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani) by Lindsay Allason-Jones (Hardcover)

About the Book

This, the last of the planned fascicules of the Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani for Great Britain, includes 500 sculptures, all of stone. Its geographical area covers the hinterland of Hadrian's Wall, including the modern counties of County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, and Derbyshire, as well as Northumberland to the south of the Stanegate.

Book Synopsis

Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani for Great Britain is an international project to catalogue all the decorated stonework from the Roman Empire. Any stone that has been carved with motifs of any sort, whether an altar, statue, relief, architectural embellishment, tombstone or graffiti.

During this project several new pieces of Romano-British sculpture have been discovered and some long-lost have been re-found. Many of the stones have curious histories, and even folk legends about them. Others fill gaps in our knowledge about the Romans in the north of England and offer evidence about religious practice in the Military Zone at this time.

About the Author

Lindsay Allason-Jones was Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Artefact Studies and Reader in Roman Material Culture at Newcastle University until she retired in 2011. She was previously Director of Archaeological Museums for the University and is now one of its Honorary Fellows. An acknowledged authority on artefacts, particularly those from Hadrian's Wall, Roman Britain and Roman and Medieval Sudan, she is the author of thirteen books, including Women in Roman Britain and Daily Life in Roman Britain.