Britannia Romana

“The book is a triumph, and if you are only able to read one book on inscriptions, you had better make it Britannia Romana.” ~Current Archaeology

"Retelling the history of Roman Britain through the medium of inscriptions is a splendid idea, and there can be no one better qualified to carry out the task than Roger Tomlin..." ~Classical Journal

“But this book is more than just an anthology of inscriptions...for any professional classicist and for anyone else with a serious interest in Roman Britain, the book is a gold mine. It provides insights which are not available from any other source.” ~ClassicsForAll

"Even looking forward to future advances in biomolecular approaches to human skeletal remains, it is difficult to anticipate reconstructing individual biographies equivalent in nuance or empathy to those which Tomlin teases out of his sources...The book's success as an invitation to engage with Britain's Roman inscriptions, is partly, and inimitably, achieved by hearing historical and literary echoes of Roman lives in other times and places." ~The Archaeological Journal

"This book is a joy, learned, insightful and witty. His [Roger Tomlin’s] contributions have ever been amongst the most erudite, informative and readable contributions to that journal. Now Tomlin has drawn on his deep knowledge of the Roman inscriptions from Britain, and also Roman inscriptions relating to Britain from elsewhere in the empire, to offer us a personal panorama of life and death in the province." ~Northern History