| Title: |
The early Roman Empire in the West |
| Number of Pages: |
250 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Monograph
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| Abstract: |
Based on a conference held at Canterbury in 1987 this is intended as a coherent volume of current study relating to this topic. The `Introduction' by Thomas </ze> Blagg & Martin </ze> Millett (1-4) leads into Section one entitled Concepts of Empire and Romanization. Opening with `The creation of provincial landscape: the Roman impact on Cisalpine Gaul' by Nicholas </ze> Purcell (7-29) the Roman perception of particular regional landscapes is seen as an underlying template for colonisation, a region with such a specific physical identity lent itself to this process. `Romanization: a point of view' by Richard </ze> Reece (30-4) argues against the wholesale discarding of scientific method in as much as there is always the need to have a framework from which to put forward a point of view. `Romanization: historical issues and archaeological interpretation' by Martin Millett (35-41) calls for a more flexible approach to processes of acculturation that may have been far more indirect and piecemeal than is often supposed.The second section, Initial contacts and acculturation: the Northern Provinces, begins with `The Romanization of Belgic Gaul: some archaeological perspectives' by Colin </ze> Haselgrove (45-71). Developments in the archaeological record reflect an Imperial power keen to administer with least effort rather than impose a cultural dogma. This is followed by `Lower Germany: plura consilio quam vi proto-urban settlement developments and the integration of native society' by J H F </ze> Bloemers (72-86), `Relations between Roman occupation and the Limesvorland in the province of Germania Inferior' by Jürgen </ze> Kunow (87-96) and `Early Roman military installations and Ubian settlements in the Lower Rhine' by Michael </ze> Gechter (97-102). Then `By the northern shores of Ocean: some observations on acculturation process at the edge of the Roman world' by S D </ze> Trow (103-18) looks at the developments in trade and sub-urbanisation in Britain.Section three, Urban development - Hispania includes `Processes in the development of the coastal communities of Hispania Citerior in the Republican period' by Simon </ze> Keay (120-50), `Romanisation and urban development in Lusitania' by Jonathan C </ze> Edmondson (151-78) and `Urban munificence and the growth of urban consciousness in Roman Spain' by Nicola </ze> Mackie (179-92).The last section, number four, concerns Cultural and social change. `First century Roman houses in Gaul and Britain' by T F C </ze> Blagg (194-209) considers the social response to Romanisation as manifest in architectural development. `For better or worse? Towards an assessment of the economic and social consequences of the Roman conquest of Gaul' by J F </ze> Drinkwater (210-19) gives the positivist view of Roman colonisation and `The emergence of Romano-Celtic religion' by Anthony </ze> King (220-41) traces acculturation in this area concluding that whilst culturally Roman it was ethnically Celtic. IH |
| Issue Editor: |
Martin Millett
Tom F C Blagg
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| Year of Publication: |
1990
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| ISBN: |
0946897220 |
| Locations: |
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Lower Rhine |
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Cisalpine Gaul |
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Canterbury |
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| 1987 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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ROMAN
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ROMAN
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British Archaeological Bibliography (BAB))
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| Created Date: |
21 Jan 2002 |
