EAGLE AND THE BEAR: A NEW HISTORY OF ROMAN SCOTLAND (PB)

For over three centuries, the inhabitants of Caledonia faced the might of Rome. This book explores the complex, often tumultuous, and frequently brutal interaction between Europe’s first superpower and the peoples of the territory we now call Scotland. Drawing on his extensive archaeological experience, John H. Reid reviews some of the questions associated with Roman Scotland, including the loss of the Ninth Legion, the reasons behind building Hadrian’s Wall, and the motivations which prompted at least four Roman Emperors to personally visit the Empire’s edge.