Huddersfield in Roman Times
By Ian A. Richmond
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
Why The Romans Occupied Yorkshire.
CHAPTER
II
Roman Pioneers in the Huddersfield District.
- Previous relations with Rome - The army of occupation
- Means of dating the occupation - The Forts at Meltham
and Kirklees
CHAPTER III
The District Under Agricola and His Successors, A.D. 80-117.
- Roman frontiers - The Fort at Slack; site and defences;
main streets; main buildings; minor buildings; sanitation;
the garrison and its language; annexe and bath house; cemetery;
history of the Fort - The Forts at Castleshaw; site; plan
and defences of Fort I; history; defences and buildings
of Fort II; history - The tile kilns at Grimscar.
CHAPTER IV
Social Conditions, A.D. 80-125.
- Life in the Roman Forts; general conditions; food and
cuisine; table-ware; the Fort's workshop and official supplies;
trade and commerce; religion; the condition of the natives;
the Roman attitude towards them; population; Camulodunum;
growth of civilisation.
CHAPTER V
Reforms Under the Emperor Hadrian, A.D. 117-125.
- Agricola's work breaks down - The arrival of Hadrian,
A.D. 122 - A new road across the Pennines; its construction
and history; Cambodunum.
CHAPTER VI
Peace Behind Hadrian's Frontier Wall, A.D. 125-300.
- Summary of events - The Antonine Itinerary - The altar
from Longwood - Coins - Type of civilisation in the Pennines
- Conditions elsewhere in the third century.
CHAPTER VII
The Pennines In and After the Fourth Century.
- The disturbance in A.D. 300-306 - The aftermath - Roman
troops withdrawn gradually - Breaks in tradition
CONCLUSION
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT
EVENTS
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