The Roman West, AD 200-500: An Archaeological StudyThis book describes and analyses the development of the Roman West from Gibraltar to the Rhine, using primarily the extensive body of published archaeological evidence rather than the textual evidence underlying most other studies. It situates this development within a longer-term process of change, proposing the later second century rather than the 'third-century crisis' as the major turning-point, although the latter had longer-term consequences owing to the rise in importance of military identities. Elsewhere, more 'traditional' forms of settlement and display were sustained, to which was added the vocabulary of Christianity. The longer-term rhythms are also central to assessing the evidence for such aspects as rural settlement and patterns of economic interaction. The collapse of Roman imperial authority emphasised trends such as militarisation and regionalisation along with economic and cultural disintegration. Indicators of 'barbarian/Germanic' presence are reassessed within such contexts and the traditional interpretations questioned and alternatives proposed. |
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Contents
the thirdcentury crisis 18 | 18 |
soldiers and civilians 42 | 42 |
Reshaping the cities 97 | 97 |
Christianity and the traditional religions 150 | 150 |
Emperors and aristocrats in the late Roman West 198 | 198 |
Rural settlement and economy in the late Roman West 264 | 264 |
The economy of the late Roman West 303 | 303 |
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Alamanni amphorae apse archaeological evidence argued aristocratic Arles army baptistery barbarian basilica baths Britain brooches buildings burials Carranque cemeteries central centres Chapter Christian church cities coin coinage construction decoration defined diflicult discussion display economic elite emperor ethnic excavations fifth century finds first first half fiscal fittings floor fortifications fourth and fifth fourth century functions funerary Germanic Heijmans High Empire hoards Iberia Iberian peninsula identified identity imperial important influenced late antique late Roman linked major material culture Mediterranean military monuments mosaic northern Gaul Notitia Dignitatum Novempopulana oflicial Ossel particularly pattern period political population pottery probably production Pyrenees range reflected region residences Rhine Rhineland Roman Empire Roman provincial Roman West rural settlement Saint-Ouen-du-Breuil second century significant sixth century social south-eastern south-western Gaul southern Spain specific status structures suggests Tarragona textual Toxandria traditional Trier types urban villa Visigothic walls Western
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Roman West, AD 200-500: An Archaeological Study |
| Author | Simon Esmonde Cleary |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2013 |
| ISBN | 0521196493, 9780521196499 |
| Length | 533 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General Social Science / Archaeology |
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