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The Roman Military Base at Dura-Europos, Syria - An Archaeological Visualization (Hardcover)
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The Roman Military Base at Dura-Europos, Syria - An Archaeological Visualization (Hardcover)
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Dura-Europos, a Parthian-ruled Greco-Syrian city, was captured by
Rome c.AD165. It then accommodated a Roman garrison until its
destruction by Sasanian siege c.AD256. Excavations of the site
between the World Wars made sensational discoveries, and with
renewed exploration from 1986 to 2011, Dura remains the
best-explored city of the Roman East. A critical revelation was a
sprawling Roman military base occupying a quarter of the city's
interior. This included swathes of civilian housing converted to
soldiers' accommodation and several existing sanctuaries, as well
as baths, an amphitheatre, headquarters, and more temples added by
the garrison. Base and garrison were clearly fundamental factors in
the history of Roman Dura, but what impact did they have on the
civil population? Original excavators gloomily portrayed Durenes
evicted from their homes and holy places, and subjected to
extortion and impoverishment by brutal soldiers, while recent
commentators have envisaged military-civilian concordia, with
shared prosperity and integration. Detailed examination of the
evidence presents a new picture. Through the use of GPS, satellite,
geophysical and archival evidence, this volume shows that the Roman
military base and resident community were even bigger than
previously understood, with both military and civil communities
appearing much more internally complex than has been allowed until
now. The result is a fascinating social dynamic which we can partly
reconstruct, giving us a nuanced picture of life in a city near the
eastern frontier of the Roman world.
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