Audrey Cruse looks at the many different aspects of medicine and health in the Roman Empire, particularly Roman Britain. Until the mid-nineteenth century the Western medical tradition rested firmly on the foundations established in Classical Greece and later transmitted throughout the Roman Empire. Against this long and complex background, including both religious and magical medicine, Audrey Cruse looks at the many different aspects of medicine and health in the Roman Empire, especially Roman Britain. AUTHOR: Audrey Cruse completed her BA with the Open University and her MA in Archaeology at the University of Reading. She specialised in Roman medicine as her dissertation topic. 40 colour, 118 b/w illustrations