The Ruin of Roman Britain

James Gerrard is a Lecturer in Roman Archaeology at Newcastle University. He previously held a position at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research in Cambridge and worked extensively in commercial archaeology. His research focuses on the end of Roman Britain and particularly the impact of the fall of the Western Roman Empire on the use and production of material culture, and he has published widely on late Roman pottery, coins and hoarding, including the internationally significant hoard of metal vessels discovered at Drapers' Gardens in the City of London in 2007. His publications include Debating Late Antiquity in Britain AD 300-700 (with Rob Collins, 2004) and a major excavation monograph A Roman Settlement and Bathhouse at Shadwell (with A. Douglas and B. Sudds, 2011). He is a member of the Institute for Archaeologists and the Study Group for Roman Pottery, and is a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Violence and warfare; 3. Economic collapse; 4. Elite display in the fourth century; 5. Elite display in the fifth and sixth centuries; 6. Civitates, kingdoms, estates and regions; 7. The ruin of Roman Britain; 8. Final thoughts; Appendix A. Cemetery sites and weapon trauma; Appendix B. Pottery assemblages.