The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Britannia

  • province
  • Roman/Anglo-Saxon

The Roman province and island of Britain, treated by Gibbon as the northwestern limit of the empire and the later home of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It is a broad territorial setting rather than a single city, embracing coasts, highlands, and successor realms.

Type
province
Style
Roman/Anglo-Saxon
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 167
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    The Roman province and island of Britain, treated by Gibbon as the northwestern limit of the empire and the later home of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It is a broad territorial setting rather than a single city, embracing coasts, highlands, and successor realms.

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