Roman Europe

1000 BC - AD 400
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-926601-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Reihe: The Short Oxford History of Europe

This volume traces the rise of Rome and the extension of Roman power across Europe, from the viewpoints of both conquerors and conquered, and also Rome's barbarian heirs, covering the period from 1000 BC through to AD 400. The book reconstructs as far as possible the indigenous experience of contact with Rome, showing how Roman domination impacted upon the already complex world of Iron Age Europe, before leaving a new 'barbarian' world in its wake.

Using both literary and archaeological evidence, the eight expert contributors analyse the transformation of Europe, and the laying of the foundations of the Middle Ages, including chapters on Iron Age Europe, Roman society, warfare and the army, economy and trade, religions, and the cultural implications of Roman conquest, as well as narrative chapters on war and politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bispham, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Peter S. Wells: Iron Age Europe

- 2: Guy Bradley: The Roman Republic: Political History

- 3: Benet Salway: The Roman Empire from Augustus to Diocletian

- 4: Mary Harlow: Roman Society

- 5: Edward Bispham: Warfare and the Army

- 6: Andrew Wilson: Economy and Trade

- 7: Edward Bispham: Religions

- 8: Nicola Terrenato: The Cultural Implications of the Roman Conquest

- 9: William Bowden: The Fourth Century

- 10: Peter S. Wells: People Living Beyond the Imperial Roman Frontiers

- Further Reading

- Chronology

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Edward Bispham is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Brasenose and St Anne's Colleges. He has published widely on various aspects of Roman history, including (as editor) The Edinbrugh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome and From Asculum to Actium: The Municipalization of Italy from the Social War to Augustus, which is also published by Oxford University Press.