Resisters And Collaborators Flashcards
What are the documentary sources associated with understanding the resistors and collaborators in Roman Britain
The main documentary sources include Tacitus’s Annals, Agricola and Histories as well as Cassius Dio’s Roman Histories.
What caution should be used with using the documentary sources
Both Tacitus and Dio are very narrative historians in the modern day perspective. arguably both had internal motives over their descriptions which skews reliability of the sources. there is also issue with the dating of that sort of thing as they’re written sometime after events as well as the genre and literary content. this includes ideas over the barbarian other as well as it being a mirror to room as well as the reception of rebellions.
What can support the documentary evidence
The archaeological evidence can help support the documentary evidence. this includes pivotal events and destruction deposits such as at Colchester. you can also use symbols of power of client Kings.
What approaches can be used to study the resistors and collaborators
Approaches include contemporary perceptions of figures such as Boudicca. However depictions of such figures in art can actually skew the perception in the same manner that the literary accounts can skew.
Another approach includes intellectual justifications for imperialism suggesting the native Britons to be inferior and thus needing the braes of civilization in Haverfields words.
