Hingley Richard. Roman Officers and English Gentlemen: The Imperial Origins of Roman Archaeology

Routledge, 2000. — 241 p.This landmark book shows how much Victorian and Edwardian Roman archaeologists were influenced by their own experience of empire in their interpretation of archaeological evidence. This distortion of the facts became accepted truth and its legacy is still felt in archaeology today. While tracing the development of these ideas, the author also gives the reader a thorough grounding in the history of Roman archaeology itself.