罗马不列颠时期“撒克逊海岸”刍议

A Probe of the“Saxon Shore” in Roman Britain

公元43年至410年,罗马人在不列颠岛设立不列颠尼亚行省进行统治,并在不列颠岛东南沿海及对岸特定地区构筑了一套史称“撒克逊海岸”的沿海防御体系。撒克逊海岸是罗马帝国在帝国西部展现其统治力量及海洋权力的重要标志之一,除具有军事防御的一般性功能外,还在帝国统一与分裂、集权与割据的政治活动中扮演了重要角色,同时对促进罗马不列颠的经济发展、保障帝国西部与不列颠进行跨海贸易方面也具有不可替代的作用。

From AD 43 to 410,the Romans established the province of Britannia on the British Isles and built a coastal defense system known as the Saxon Shore along the southeastern coast of Britain and on certain areas across the coast.It was one of the important symbols of the Roman Empire in displaying the ruling power and maritime power in the western part.Saxon Shore played an important role in the political activities of unification and fragmentation of the Roman Empire.In the meantime,it also had an irreplaceable role which promoted the economic development of Roman Britain and guaranteed the cross-sea trade between Roman Britain and the western part of the Empire.