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The Late Roman Silver Treasure from Traprain Law (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 28 200
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The Late Roman Silver Treasure from Traprain Law (Hardcover)
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Total price: R2,840
Discovery Miles: 28 400
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Excavated from Traprain Law, East Lothian, Scotland, in May 1919,
was one of the most spectacular discoveries of Roman silver ever
made in Europe - and the biggest hoard of `hacksilver': 23kg,
battered, crushed and chopped up. Blame for the destruction has
hitherto been laid at the door of `barbarians' but this study
changes that view. An international team of scholars has reviewed
the hoard's origins and manufacture, its use as elite tableware,
its hacking and later reuse. A century of new discoveries and ideas
allow fresh conclusions, especially about the hacking. With
wide-ranging parallels from across Europe, the authors argue that
hacking was a deliberate Roman policy to create bullion at times of
economic crisis, turning valued vessels into weights of silver to
be used in frontier politics, to pay off groups from beyond the
empire, or hire them as mercenaries
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