Stage 28 - Culture Questions
Read pages 156-162 and completely
answer the following questions.
1. What are the three primary types of “evidence” for the Roman period? What are the advantages of each?
2. What are the two primary literary sources for information about Roman Britain under Agricola?
3. Explain how the bias of the authors mentioned in question 2 might effect their respective accounts of history?
4. Explain how these items might help us learn about the Roman period in Britain.
a. Coins
b. Potshards
c. Building walls
d. Mosaics
e. Stratigraphy
5. How can archeology help determine which parts of Britain were the most pacified?
6. Why might the Romans have abbreviated the lettering on their inscription stones?
7. What might we learn about the lives and beliefs of common Romans from inscriptions? And noble Romans?