This 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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