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Aristocrats and Statehood in Western Iberia, 300-600 C.E.
In a distant corner of the late antique world, along the Atlantic river valleys of western Iberia, local elite populations lived through the ebb and flow of empire and kingdoms as historical agents with their own social strategies. Contrary to earlier historiographical accounts, these aristocrats were not oppressed by a centralized Roman empire or its successor kingdoms; nor was there an inherent conflict between central states and local elites. Instead, Damián Fernández argues, there was an interdependency of state and local aristocracies. The upper classes embraced state projects to assert their ascendancy within their communities. By doing so, they enacted statehood at the local level, ...
International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 20
This massive three volume set publishes the proceedings of the 2006 Limes conference which was held in Leon, a total of 138 contributions. Naturally these cover a vast range of topics related to Roman military archaeology and the Roman frontiers. The archaeology of the Roman military in Spain, and contributions by Spanish scholars are prominent, whilst other themes include the internal frontiers, the end of the frontiers and the barbarians in the empire, the fortified town in the late Roman period, soldiers on the move and the early development of frontiers . Further sessions had a regional focus. Majority of essays in English, some in Spanish, German and Italian
The European Countryside during the Migration Period
Research on late antique and early medieval migrations has long acknowledged the importance of interdisciplinarity. The field is constantly nourished by new archaeological discoveries that allow for increasingly refined pictures of socio-economic development. Yet the perspectives adopted by historians and archaeologists are frequently different, and so are their conclusions. Diverging views exist in respect to varying geographical areas and scholarly traditions too. This volume brings together history and archaeology to address the impact of the inflow and outflow of migrations on the rural landscape, the creation of new settlement patterns, and the role of migrations and mobility in transforming society and economy. Such themes are often investigated under a regional or macro-regional viewpoint, resulting in too fragmented an understanding of a widespread phenomenon. Spanning Eastern and Western Europe, the book takes steps toward an integrated picture of territories normally investigated as separate entities, and critically establishes grounds for new comparisons and models on late antique and early medieval transformations.
Wisdom from Rome
For about one thousand years, the Distichs of Cato were the first Latin text of every student across Europe and latterly the New World. Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare assumed their audiences knew them well—and they almost certainly did. Yet most Classicists today have either never heard of them or mistakenly attribute them to Cato the Elder. The Distichs are a collection of approximately 150 two-line maxims in hexameters that offer instructions about or reflections on topics such as friendship, money, reputation, justice, and self-control. Wisdom from Rome argues that Classicists (and others) should read the Distichs: they provide important insights into the ancient Roman literate mas...
Hibera in terra miles
Les guerres constantes menées par Rome dans la péninsule ibérique aux deux derniers siècles avant notre ère ont la réputation d'avoir particulièrement contribué à fragiliser le régime républicain en déstabilisant le système de recrutement traditionnel des armées et en révélant les limites de leurs conceptions de la guerre et du combat. Ce livre montre qu'il n'en fut rien. D'une envergure en général plus restreinte qu'on l'admet ordinairement, les conflits opposant Rome aux peuples de la péninsule n'ont jamais exigé de sa part un investissement démesuré. La Seconde Guerre Punique ou les guerres civiles du Ier s. av. J.-C. représentent de ce point de vue des cas particul...
Memoriae civitatum: arqueología y epigrafía de la ciudad romana
El Imperio romano estuvo constituido por un gran número de variopintas ciudades de las cuales han llegado a nosotros abundantes ruinas arqueológicas y textos epigráficos. El estudio de estos testimonios directos del pasado nos permite recomponer y reinterpretar memorias colectivas que han sobrevivido al paso del tiempo. Aflora de este modo la identidad de cada civitas, plasmada con frecuencia en sus monumentos conmemorativos, en estrecha vinculación con el tejido social y el paisaje urbano, además de con el desarrollo de la vida política y religiosa de la comunidad correspondiente. Esta obra pretende buscar los elementos en común y, al mismo tiempo, profundizar en las singularidades de diferentes memoriae civitatum, tras pasar por el tamiz del historiador. Con este fin se han recopilado veintidós estudios de base epigráfica y/o arqueológica, referidos a distintos casos de ciudades, en su mayoría de época altoimperial. El marco geográfico nos ubica sobre todo en las provincias romanas de Baetica, Hispania citerior y Lusitania, pero también en las de Moesia superior y Aquitania, pasando por la misma Roma.
Viajes y cambios de residencia en el mundo romano
Las investigaciones de 16 especialistas internacionales en Historia Antigua y su posterior análisis acerca de la movilidad geográfica de las personas en la época romana, tanto los desplazamientos temporales como los que tenían por fin una nueva domiciliación, componen el corpus de esta obra que pretende profundizar y aclarar algunas de las cuestiones abiertas al debate.
