The Colchester Archaeologist 1996-7 - Colchester Archaeological ...

A new popular book on the history of Colchester willbe on sale in shops from 20th February 1997. City ofVictory is available in paperback and hardback formsand modestly priced at £9.95 and £14.95 respectively.It is 160 pages long and fully illustrated in colour. Itfeatures specially commissioned reconstruction paintingsby Peter Froste which are based on the evidencefrom excavations in the town.City of Victory is the fruit of over 25 years' research inand around the historic town of Colchester. Countlessobjects have been found in the town over the years, andmany of the most interesting items are featured in thebook, complementing the wealth of new informationwhich has come from recent archaeological excavations.It covers work done right up to 1996, including the lostface of Longinus and the much-publicised gaming boardfrom Stanway.The book takes its title from'Colonia Victricensis', which wasthe Roman name for the town. Itbegins with the Iron Age settlementof Camulodunum in the 1stcentury BC, and ends with theNormans over 1,000 years later.City of Victory tells the remarkablestory of Roman Colchester fromits military beginnings in theBritish stronghold made famousby Cunobelin, to its eventual endin the 5th century when theRoman empire was starting tocrumble.