E W Black
Biographic Data
| ID | 5643031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E W Black |
| GIVEN NAMES | E W |
| FAMILY NAME | Black |
| SIGNATURE | BLACK E W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colchester Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The First Century Historians of Roman Britain
The ‘stratigraphy’ of literary sources is a matter that archaeologists need to bear in mind if or when they attempt to employ them in supplementing or interpreting archaeological material. The work of earlier historians is ‘redeposited’ in that of later writers in a great variety of ways and in a variable state of completeness. This can be seen in the different treatments by Tacitus and Dio Cassius of the Boudican rebellion, and their use of earl…
Sentius Saturninus and the Roman Invasion of Britain
Our fullest account, indeed the only account of any length, of the Roman invasion of Britain in a.d. 43 appears in the Roman History of Cassius Dio, composed from earlier sources in the third century. Not surprisingly, this is taken as providing a narrative framework for the events of the invasion. However, Dio's account omits or is unclear about even major matters of importance: in recent years, for example, there has been a debate over whether …
Fishbourne Roman Palace
THE UPTODATE ACCOUNT, BY THE EXCAVATOR, OF KING TOGIDUBNUS; MONUMENTAL PALACE. The discovery, during the early 1960s, of the site of a Roman Palace and its garden at Fishbourne, near Chichester, remains the most important and exciting event in Romano-British archacology over the last half-century. Since his original excavation, Barry Cunliffe has kept in close contact with woprk on the site and more is now known about the building itself and abou…
A Corpus of Relief-Patterned Tiles in Roman Britain
Cursus Publicus
Box Flue-Tiles in Britannia
The spread of Roman baths in civilian contexts in Britain can be traced in the period from the conquest to the mid-second century by the occurrence of relatively well-dated and distinctive types of tubuli (box-tiles). In the first century ‘thin-walled’ box-tiles were used with other types of tiles in wall-jacketings. Thereafter, until c. A.D. 150, the distribution of relief-patterned box-tiles attests the increasing spread of Roman baths and the …
Cursus Publicus
This book describes and discusses the mansiones of Roman Britain, relating the posts of cursus publicus to the development of roadside settlements. Black makes a detailed examination of particular examples of mansiones through the first to fourth centuries, and in an appendix gives a re-assessment of the Antonine Itinerary, a prime source for the names and locations of roadside settlements
The period 1C bath-building at Fishbourne and the problem of the ‘Proto-palace’
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Newstead
The two main buildings in the western annexe of the fort at Newstead, Roxburghshire, are interpreted as a mansio and a bath-house. A sequence of development is proposed for them and a tentative suggestion is made that a numerus may have been garrisoned with a milliary auxiliary regiment in the second Antonine period
Romano-British Burial Customs and Religious Beliefs in South-East England
Burial customs described under five headings are traced from the Iron Age through to the end of the Roman period. A final section discusses religious belief as evidenced by burials. Two major periods of change are identified, in the late first century B. C. following Caesar's expeditions, and in the second half of the fourth century A.D. In between these the treatment of burials suggests a long period of stability. The impact of Christianity on b…
The Dating of Relief‐patterned Flue‐tiles
The use of relief‐patterned flue‐tiles in Roman Britain falls into three main periods: c. 75–90, c. 120–25, and c. 155–75. The assignment of particular dies to each of these periods is examined. The nature of the industry and the specialised functions of particular types of tiles are discussed within the chronological framework. An appendix deals with the sequence of tiletypes used at Fishbourne and a chronological difficulty involving Fishbourne…
Hypocaust Heating in Domestic Rooms in Roman Britain
The development of hypocausts heating domestic rooms is traced from the late first to the later third century. A category of hypocausta sited adjacent to major rooms and heating them indirectly is referred to in letters of the Younger Pliny and is identified in Romano‐British house plans of the first and second century. The function of domestic rooms with hypocausts and of other rooms in a limited number of houses is discussed
The Roman Villa at Bignor in the Fourth Century
The plan of the Bignor villa is reassessed in the light of recent excavations by Frere. Changes of plan are recognized and discussed. The farm buildings are considered in detail modifying Applebaum's original interpretations
Fishbourne Roman Palace
THE UPTODATE ACCOUNT, BY THE EXCAVATOR, OF KING TOGIDUBNUS; MONUMENTAL PALACE. The discovery, during the early 1960s, of the site of a Roman Palace and its garden at Fishbourne, near Chichester, remains the most important and exciting event in Romano-British archacology over the last half-century. Since his original excavation, Barry Cunliffe has kept in close contact with woprk on the site and more is now known about the building itself and abou…
Romano-British Burial Customs and Religious Beliefs in South-East England
Burial customs described under five headings are traced from the Iron Age through to the end of the Roman period. A final section discusses religious belief as evidenced by burials. Two major periods of change are identified, in the late first century B. C. following Caesar's expeditions, and in the second half of the fourth century A.D. In between these the treatment of burials suggests a long period of stability. The impact of Christianity on b…
Sentius Saturninus and the Roman Invasion of Britain
Our fullest account, indeed the only account of any length, of the Roman invasion of Britain in a.d. 43 appears in the Roman History of Cassius Dio, composed from earlier sources in the third century. Not surprisingly, this is taken as providing a narrative framework for the events of the invasion. However, Dio's account omits or is unclear about even major matters of importance: in recent years, for example, there has been a debate over whether …
Cursus Publicus
Hypocaust Heating in Domestic Rooms in Roman Britain
The development of hypocausts heating domestic rooms is traced from the late first to the later third century. A category of hypocausta sited adjacent to major rooms and heating them indirectly is referred to in letters of the Younger Pliny and is identified in Romano‐British house plans of the first and second century. The function of domestic rooms with hypocausts and of other rooms in a limited number of houses is discussed
The Roman Villa at Bignor in the Fourth Century
The plan of the Bignor villa is reassessed in the light of recent excavations by Frere. Changes of plan are recognized and discussed. The farm buildings are considered in detail modifying Applebaum's original interpretations
The Dating of Relief‐patterned Flue‐tiles
The use of relief‐patterned flue‐tiles in Roman Britain falls into three main periods: c. 75–90, c. 120–25, and c. 155–75. The assignment of particular dies to each of these periods is examined. The nature of the industry and the specialised functions of particular types of tiles are discussed within the chronological framework. An appendix deals with the sequence of tiletypes used at Fishbourne and a chronological difficulty involving Fishbourne…
Hypocaust Heating in Domestic Rooms in Roman Britain
The development of hypocausts heating domestic rooms is traced from the late first to the later third century. A category of hypocausta sited adjacent to major rooms and heating them indirectly is referred to in letters of the Younger Pliny and is identified in Romano‐British house plans of the first and second century. The function of domestic rooms with hypocausts and of other rooms in a limited number of houses is discussed
Romano-British Burial Customs and Religious Beliefs in South-East England
Burial customs described under five headings are traced from the Iron Age through to the end of the Roman period. A final section discusses religious belief as evidenced by burials. Two major periods of change are identified, in the late first century B. C. following Caesar's expeditions, and in the second half of the fourth century A.D. In between these the treatment of burials suggests a long period of stability. The impact of Christianity on b…
Newstead
The two main buildings in the western annexe of the fort at Newstead, Roxburghshire, are interpreted as a mansio and a bath-house. A sequence of development is proposed for them and a tentative suggestion is made that a numerus may have been garrisoned with a milliary auxiliary regiment in the second Antonine period
The period 1C bath-building at Fishbourne and the problem of the ‘Proto-palace’
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Cursus Publicus
This book describes and discusses the mansiones of Roman Britain, relating the posts of cursus publicus to the development of roadside settlements. Black makes a detailed examination of particular examples of mansiones through the first to fourth centuries, and in an appendix gives a re-assessment of the Antonine Itinerary, a prime source for the names and locations of roadside settlements
Box Flue-Tiles in Britannia
The spread of Roman baths in civilian contexts in Britain can be traced in the period from the conquest to the mid-second century by the occurrence of relatively well-dated and distinctive types of tubuli (box-tiles). In the first century ‘thin-walled’ box-tiles were used with other types of tiles in wall-jacketings. Thereafter, until c. A.D. 150, the distribution of relief-patterned box-tiles attests the increasing spread of Roman baths and the …
Cursus Publicus
A Corpus of Relief-Patterned Tiles in Roman Britain
Sentius Saturninus and the Roman Invasion of Britain
Our fullest account, indeed the only account of any length, of the Roman invasion of Britain in a.d. 43 appears in the Roman History of Cassius Dio, composed from earlier sources in the third century. Not surprisingly, this is taken as providing a narrative framework for the events of the invasion. However, Dio's account omits or is unclear about even major matters of importance: in recent years, for example, there has been a debate over whether …
Fishbourne Roman Palace
THE UPTODATE ACCOUNT, BY THE EXCAVATOR, OF KING TOGIDUBNUS; MONUMENTAL PALACE. The discovery, during the early 1960s, of the site of a Roman Palace and its garden at Fishbourne, near Chichester, remains the most important and exciting event in Romano-British archacology over the last half-century. Since his original excavation, Barry Cunliffe has kept in close contact with woprk on the site and more is now known about the building itself and abou…
The First Century Historians of Roman Britain
The ‘stratigraphy’ of literary sources is a matter that archaeologists need to bear in mind if or when they attempt to employ them in supplementing or interpreting archaeological material. The work of earlier historians is ‘redeposited’ in that of later writers in a great variety of ways and in a variable state of completeness. This can be seen in the different treatments by Tacitus and Dio Cassius of the Boudican rebellion, and their use of earl…
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