Later Roman Britain / Stephen Johnson.
First published in 1980 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Great Britain—History—Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; one The provinces of Britain; two The enemies of Roman Britain; three Defence against the barbarians; four History of the Anglo-Saxon invasion; five The arrival of the Anglo-Saxons; six Continuity of settlement; The best of later Roman Britain; Notes; Bibliography and abbreviations; Index
Later Roman Britain, first published in 1980, charts the end of Roman rule in Britain and gives an overall impression of the beginning of the so-called 'Dark Ages' of British history, the transitional period which saw the breakdown of Roman administration and the beginnings of Saxon settlement. Stephen Johnson traces the flourishing of Romano-British society and the pressures upon it which produced its eventual fragmentation, examining the province's barbarian neighbours and the way the defence was organised against the many threats to its security. The final chapters, using