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In Africa et in Hispania
La presente obra es fruto de un proyecto de cooperación científica hispano-tunecino puesto en marcha en 2005 por la Université de Sousse (Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines) y la Universitat de Barcelona (CEIPAC) sobre la producción y el comercio de aceite africano en el Imperio romano..La producción y comercio de aceite africano han sido estudiadas por ambas partes de una forma interdisciplinar abarcando desde los estudios de carácter epigráfico hasta las excavaciones arqueológicas, haciendo a su vez especial atención en el análisis detallado de los mercados en los que estos productos fueron introducidos..Este libro representa una visión cruzada de África a Hispania y de Hispania a África fruto del intercambio de los datos obtenidos en una y otra parte del Mediterráneo, haciendo especial atención a la contribución económica de África en el conjunto del imperio romano.
A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity
Explore a one-of-a-kind and authoritative resource on Ancient North Africa A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity, edited by a recognized leader in the field, is the first reference work of its kind in English. It provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of North Africa's rich history from the Protohistoric period through Late Antiquity (1000 BCE to the 800 CE). Comprised of twenty-four thematic and topical essays by established and emerging scholars covering the area between ancient Tripolitania and the Atlantic Ocean, including the Sahara, the volume introduces readers to Ancient North Africa's environment, peoples, institutions, literature, art, economy and more, taking into account the significant body of new research and fieldwork that has been produced over the last fifty years. A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity is an essential resource for anyone interested in this important region of the Ancient World.
Economic evidence and the changing nature of urban space in late antique Rome
Economic Evidence and Changing Nature of Urban Space in Late Antique Rome by Paul Johnson, is an innovative study that focuses upon the relationship between the importation of amphora-borne foodstuffs, their distribution and discard within the City and what this tells us about changing uses of urban space between the 3rd and 6th centuries AD. There have been a number of archaeological studies of late antique Rome in recent years, most notably Roma dall’antichità all’alto Medievo I and II, as well as a long tradition of studies that have focused upon the pattern of imports to the City. However the relationship between imported foodstuffs and the City as an urban unit has not been so well served.
Civil Society and Political Change in Morocco
This book is concerned with political change in Morocco since 1990, with particular emphasis on civil society, human rights and reform.
Writing Tangier
Writing Tangier discusses an array of topics relating to the literature on Tangier from the seventeenth century to the present. Major questions include: Why has Tangier come to play an important role in contemporary world literary history as a signifier in the literary imagination; what is the nature of the inter-textual output produced through Paul Bowles' translations of the oral tales of a circle of uneducated storytellers (including Mohammed Mrabet and Larbi Layachi) and the text (For Bread Alone) brought to Bowles by the literate Mohamed Choukri; how do academics, artists, and writers who have been based in the city or who have written about it assess the various socio-economic, politic...
Ravenna and the Traditions of Late Antique and Early Byzantine Craftsmanship
In the last twenty years scholarship on late antique and early medieval Ravenna has resulted in a certain number of publications mainly focused on the fields of architecture, mosaics and archaeology. On the contrary, much less attention has been paid on labour – both manual and intellectual – as well as the structure of production and objects derived from manufacturing activities, despite the fact that Ravenna is the place which preserves the highest number of historical evidence among all centres of the late Roman Mediterranean. Its cultural heritage is vast and composite, ranging from papyri to inscriptions, from ivories to marbles, as well as luxury objects, pottery, and coins. Starting from concrete typologies of hand-manufactured goods existing in the Ravennate milieu, the book aims at exploring the multifaceted traditions of late antique and early Byzantine handicraft from the fourth to the eighth century AD. Its perspective is to pay attention more on patronage, social taste, acculturation, workers and the economic industry of production which supported the demand, circulation and distribution of artefacts, than on the artistic evaluation of the objects themselves.
Résistance et dévotion
This volume presents a detailed study of the memory of ancient mosques in Djerba, with a well-illustrated corpus of 48 buildings to build the history of the Ibadites and their struggle for the preservation of their identity. The main source is Ras?’il d’al-??l?t? (m. 1099/1688-1689), which demonstrates the importance of piety and study to these people. The very strong presence of religion is felt in the multiplicity of places of prayer and in the sacred meshwork of the island which al-??l?t? demonstrates. At any time, in any place, whether it be by the tomb of a prestigious scholar, a small prayer square or a mosque, religion and respect for the ancestors are remembered by the faithful. An analysis of the buildings shows their particular infrastructure, with a defensive nature (buttresses, thick walls, defensive parapets, loopholds and machicolations) – demonstrating the presence of both internal struggles (between Wahbite Ibadies and Nukk?rites) and external threats from Tunis or European powers. They defended their particularism in a Maghreb that is more and more Malikite and more and more Arabized.
Dos primeros tratados romano-cartagineses, Los
El estudio de los tratados establecidos entre Roma y Cartago forma parte de las cuestiones que desde mediados del siglo XIX atrajeron vivamente la atención de los grandes especialistas en la historia de la Urbe, y su proyección ha proseguido hasta fechas bien recientes, como se verifica al leer este trabajo y repasar la nómina de la bibliografía. En el libro se establece la serie y contenido de los acuerdos entre Cartago y Roma, se examinan y debaten todas las opciones de datación y de redacción; se rastrean todos los matices que Polibio pudo haber introducido, a través de su formación helénica, tomándolos del elenco institucional de los griegos y adaptándolos al caso. Se ha estudiado el papel que en los tratados habrían desempeñado el resto de las ciudades itálicas (etruscas, latinas) y el conjunto de los aliados romanos, pero también cuáles fueron los modelos y usos propios de la Roma arcaica en la negociación y cierre de convenios internacionales, y qué tipo de estipulaciones persigue la diplomacia romana. E investiga, en fin, las implicaciones religiosas de estos tratados y la prestación y alcance de los juramentos.
Vae Victis! Perdedores en el mundo antiguo
El VI Coloquio Internacional de Historia Antigua, que tuvo lugar los días 9 y 10 de junio de 2011 en la Universidad de Zaragoza, reunió a dieciséis especialistas procedentes de las universidades de Nottingham, Hamburgo, Milán, Verona, Toulouse, Palma de Mallorca, Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona y Zaragoza, que reflexionaron sobre perdedores en el mundo antiguo desde perspectivas diversas, como viene siendo la norma en estos coloquios, que tienen en el debate y la reflexión contrastada su propósito esencial. Las ponencias se centraron tanto en el mundo greco-oriental como, sobre todo, en el romano.
Fraude, mentiras y engaños en el mundo antiguo
Las contribuciones que se recogen en este volumen abordan aspectos muy diversos dentro de la temática general del coloquio «Fraude, mentiras y engaños en el mundo antiguo»: manipulaciones historiográficas; mentiras y simulaciones religiosas, falacias persuasivas en la literatura cristiana antigua: retórica y realidad; impostores que se hacen pasar por otras personas para realizar una carrera política; fraudes contractuales; impostores populares y fraudes legales en la Roma tardorrepublicana; Vigilar y castigar: publicanos, contratistas, senadores y otros defraudadores en el mundo romano; supuestas falsificaciones testamentarias; engaños propagandísticos; fraudes arqueológicos. El ámbito cronológico abarca desde la protohistoria hasta la Antigüedad tardía.
