Conquering the Ocean

Richard Hingley is an Emeritus Professor of Roman Archaeology at Durham University. His specialisms include the Iron Age and Roman history of Britain, archaeological theory and border studies. His books include studies of the history of the reception of the Roman past in Britain (2000, Roman Officers and English Gentlemen; 2008, The Recovery of Roman Britain), the history and reception of Boudica (2005, Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen), the afterlife of Hadrian's Wall (2012, Hadrian's Wall: A Life) and the archaeology and history of Roman London (2018, Londinium: A Bibliography). Richard is currently engaged on writing books that addresses the uses made of Iron Age and Roman heritages in the UK and a visitor's guide to the Roman towns of Britain. A long-term research project focuses on the use of Roman classical parallels in the colonization of north America during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. His recent work on Hadrian's Wall has explored the way that thismonument is drawn upon today to consider issues of bordering in today's world.

• Preface1. Taking Sides: On Britain and Rome2. Julius Caesar and Ocean, 55 and 54 BCE3. Experiments in Kingship, 54 BCE-43 CE4. Subduing Ocean: Claudius and Britain, 43-52 CE5. A Setback and a Recovery: Nero and Boudica, 54-68 CE6. Total Conquest? Agricola and Caledonia, 68-86 CE7. Establishing a Northern Frontier, 87 to 117 CE8. The Spirit of Water: Hadrian and His Wall, 117-130 CE9. 'Britons Never Will Be Slaves': The Legacy of the Roman Conquest

The target audience is presumably undergraduates with little knowledge of Roman Britain. The book may offer them a marker of the current anti colonial approach with an up-to-date bibliography, but it is to be hoped that challenging it will encourage readers to seek a more balanced engagement with the original texts.