Graham Webster is one of Britain's most eminent archaeologists, with a long and distinguished career which earned him an OBE. He has directed major excavations at Romano-British sites and has specialized in Roman Britain and the Roman imperial army.

• Acknowledgments, List of plates, List of line illustrations, Preface, Preface to revised edition, Historical Chart, 1 Introduction, 2 The Last Stand of Caratacus, 3 The Scapulan Frontier: The Legionary Fortresses and the Sea Routes, 4 The Scapulan Frontier: The Land Routes, 5 Aulus Didius Gallus and the Northern Advance, 6 The Advance under Quintus Veranius, APPENDIES, 1 Translation of the relevant texts from Tacitus, Dio and Suetonius, 2 Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus, 3 The Roman Army at the time of Claudius, 4 The Seven Sisters Hoard, 5 Four Tombstones from Wroxeter, 6 Place-names in Roman and modern forms, 7 Glossary of Latin Terms, 8 Glossary of Technical Terms, Notes and References, Index

'Dr Webster has long been the leading authority in this field, and his book therefore represents a welcome up-dating of progress' – Local History Magazine'Rome Against Caratacus makes an important contribution to Roman frontier studies and to the history of Roman Britain in its brilliant reconstruction of the central period of the Claudian conquest and its immediate aftermath (A.D. 48-58)' – The History Teacher'What Graham Webster has provided is a thorough, up-to-date assessment of the period which will remain the basis from which all further research will proceed' – Times Literary Supplement