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Achnowledgements Achnowledgements to Second Edition List of Illustrations Notes on References Preface to Second Edition Introduction 1. What were towns and how did they develop? 2. What part did towns play in the province? 3. Towns as provincial capitals: London 4. The coloniae: Colchester, Lincoln, Gloucester and York 5. The first civitas capitals: Canterbury, Chelmsford and Verulamium 6. From client kingdom to civitas: Caistor-by-Norwich, Chichester, Silchester and Winchester 7. Flavian expansion: Cirencester, Dorchester, Exeter, Leicester and Wroxeter 8. Hadrianic stimulation: Caerwent, Carmarathen, Brough-on-Humber and Aldborough 9. Town-life or life in towns? Abbreviations used in the Notes and Bibliography Notes Bibiography Index