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This is the first full-length study of the final war between Rome
and the ancient Macedonian monarchy and its last king, Perseus. The
Roman victory at the Battle of Pydna in June 168 BC was followed by
the abolition of the kingdom of Macedon - the cradle of Philip II,
Alexander the Great, and the Antigonid monarchs who followed. The
first historian of Rome's rise to world power, and a contemporary
of the war, Polybius of Megalopolis, recognized the significance of
these events in making Rome an almost global power beyond compare -
a sole superpower, in other words. Yet Roman authority did not lack
challenges from lesser states and insurgents in the decades that
followed. The book's meticulous documentation, close analysis, and
engagement in scholarly controversy will appeal to academics and
students, while general readers will appreciate its brisk narrative
style and pacing.
This is the first full-length study of the final war between Rome
and the ancient Macedonian monarchy and its last king, Perseus. The
Roman victory at the Battle of Pydna in June 168 BC was followed by
the abolition of the kingdom of Macedon - the cradle of Philip II,
Alexander the Great, and the Antigonid monarchs who followed. The
first historian of Rome's rise to world power, and a contemporary
of the war, Polybius of Megalopolis, recognized the significance of
these events in making Rome an almost global power beyond compare -
a sole superpower, in other words. Yet Roman authority did not lack
challenges from lesser states and insurgents in the decades that
followed. The book's meticulous documentation, close analysis, and
engagement in scholarly controversy will appeal to academics and
students, while general readers will appreciate its brisk narrative
style and pacing.
In this bold new interpretation of the origins of ancient Rome's
overseas empire, Dr Burton charts the impact of the psychology,
language and gestures associated with the Roman concept of
amicitia, or 'friendship'. The book challenges the prevailing
orthodox Cold War-era realist interpretation of Roman imperialism
and argues that language and ideals contributed just as much to
Roman empire-building as military muscle. Using a constructivist
theoretical framework drawn from international relations, Dr Burton
replaces the modern scholarly fiction of a Roman empire built on
networks of foreign clients and client-states with an
interpretation grounded firmly in the discursive habits of the
ancient texts themselves. The results better account for the
peculiar rhythms of Rome's earliest period of overseas expansion -
brief periods of vigorous military and diplomatic activity, such as
the rolling back of Seleucid power in Asia Minor and Greece in
192-188 BC, followed by long periods of inactivity.
In this bold new interpretation of the origins of ancient Rome's
overseas empire, Dr Burton charts the impact of the psychology,
language and gestures associated with the Roman concept of
amicitia, or 'friendship'. The book challenges the prevailing
orthodox Cold War-era realist interpretation of Roman imperialism
and argues that language and ideals contributed just as much to
Roman empire-building as military muscle. Using a constructivist
theoretical framework drawn from international relations, Dr Burton
replaces the modern scholarly fiction of a Roman empire built on
networks of foreign clients and client-states with an
interpretation grounded firmly in the discursive habits of the
ancient texts themselves. The results better account for the
peculiar rhythms of Rome's earliest period of overseas expansion -
brief periods of vigorous military and diplomatic activity, such as
the rolling back of Seleucid power in Asia Minor and Greece in
192-188 BC, followed by long periods of inactivity.
Archaeological evidence is enriched when it is viewed against the
backdrop of its natural landscape setting. This setting is not
readily apparent in the lower Lea valley, where evidence for the
natural topography has been cut away by quarrying and reservoir
construction or buried by metres of alluvium and modern made
ground. The Lea Valley Mapping Project, funded by the Aggregates
Levy Sustainability Fund, has taken a geoarchaeological approach to
reconstructing the past landscape and its relationship to
archaeological distributions by using existing borehole information
to model the buried topography and past environment of the lower
Lea valley from the M25 to the confluence of the Lea and the
Thames. The results place the known archaeology within its past
landscape context and also predict the archaeological potential of
the study area, which readers can investigate by referring both to
the maps in the monograph and to the accompanying gazetteer. They
can also download the interpreted geo-referenced datasets produced
for the project from the ADS website. This book will be an
indispensable guide not only for those wishing to know the
archaeological potential and past landscape characteristics of the
lower Lea valley but to anyone proposing to investigate the buried
landscape in other river valleys or wanting an introduction to
Quaternary deposits, environments and landscape processes in
Greater London.
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