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Rome in the Pyrenees is a unique treatment in English of the
archaeological and historical evidence for an important Roman town
in Gaul, Lugdunum in the French Pyrenees, and for its surrounding
people the Convenae. The book opens with the creation of the
Convenae by Pompey the Great in the first century B.C. and runs
down to the great Frankish siege in A.D. 585 and its aftermath. Now
the town of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Lugdunum is one of the
best-known Roman towns in Gaul, with a rich selection of monuments
at the town itself and important remains in the countryside, such
as the classic villa at Montmaurin or the votive altars, cinerary
caskets and sarcophagi in the local marble. The book traces how the
Convenae used their marble to help create their identity, invisible
before Pompey but amongst the richest and most distinctive in Gaul
by the second century A.D. Drawing on his own excavations at
Saint-Bertrand and the extensive earlier and recent work there,
Simon Esmonde Cleary combines a clear description of the buildings
and monuments of Lugdunum and of its countryside with a discussion
of what they can tell us about the impact of Rome on this remote
corner of its empire. This book will be extremely valuable to
ancient historians, classicists and students of Roman archaeology,
and contains a guide to the visible Roman remains of the area.
Ten years in the planning and with contributions by 27 expert
authors, this is a comprehensive record of archaeological research
at Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire (now in the care of the
National Trust), from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries.
The volume brings together a large body of new, contextualised
information about the villa including: a history of work at
Chedworth from the 1860s to the present; a detailed fabric survey
of the extant remains; description and analysis of the Roman
structural remains; description and analysis of the decorative
elements (e.g. mosaics, sculpture) and finds (e.g. coins, Roman
artefacts, glass, pottery and bones); discussion of the development
of the villa and its place in the landscape; the consolidation and
display of the villa from its discovery in 1864 to the present. The
volume is well illustrated with drawings and photos ranging in date
from the late 1800s to the present. The volume will appeal to all
with an interest in Roman Britain, and Roman villas in particular,
and in the antiquarians who first discovered and investigated them.
This useful study is divided into two parts: the first describes
the evidence for areas of extra-mural occupation around
Romano-British towns. The second part consists of general
discussion of the types of structure found-defences, public works
and buildings, private buildings, including those used for
manufacture and commerce, and cemeteries.
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.
The city is widely regarded as the most characteristic expression
of the social, cultural and economic formations of the Roman
Empire. This was especially true in the Latin-speaking West, where
urbanism was much less deeply ingrained than in the Greek-speaking
East but where networks of cities grew up during the centuries
following conquest and occupation. This up-to-date and
well-illustrated synthesis provides students and specialists with
an overview of the development of the city in Italy, Gaul, Britain,
Germany, Spain and North Africa, whether their interests lie in
ancient history, Roman archaeology or the wider history of
urbanism. It accounts not only for the city's geographical and
temporal spread and its associated monuments (such as amphitheatres
and baths), but also for its importance to the rulers of the Empire
as well as the provincials and locals.
The city is widely regarded as the most characteristic expression
of the social, cultural and economic formations of the Roman
Empire. This was especially true in the Latin-speaking West, where
urbanism was much less deeply ingrained than in the Greek-speaking
East but where networks of cities grew up during the centuries
following conquest and occupation. This up-to-date and
well-illustrated synthesis provides students and specialists with
an overview of the development of the city in Italy, Gaul, Britain,
Germany, Spain and North Africa, whether their interests lie in
ancient history, Roman archaeology or the wider history of
urbanism. It accounts not only for the city's geographical and
temporal spread and its associated monuments (such as amphitheatres
and baths), but also for its importance to the rulers of the Empire
as well as the provincials and locals.
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.
Rome in the Pyrenees is a unique treatment in English of the
archaeological and historical evidence for an important Roman town
in Gaul, Lugdunum in the French Pyrenees, and for its surrounding
people the Convenae. The book opens with the creation of the
Convenae by Pompey the Great in the first century B.C. and runs
down to the great Frankish siege in A.D. 585 and its aftermath. Now
the town of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Lugdunum is one of the
best-known Roman towns in Gaul, with a rich selection of monuments
at the town itself and important remains in the countryside, such
as the classic villa at Montmaurin or the votive altars, cinerary
caskets and sarcophagi in the local marble. The book traces how the
Convenae used their marble to help create their identity, invisible
before Pompey but amongst the richest and most distinctive in Gaul
by the second century A.D. Drawing on his own excavations at
Saint-Bertrand and the extensive earlier and recent work there,
Simon Esmonde Cleary combines a clear description of the buildings
and monuments of Lugdunum and of its countryside with a discussion
of what they can tell us about the impact of Rome on this remote
corner of its empire. This book will be extremely valuable to
ancient historians, classicists and students of Roman archaeology,
and contains a guide to the visible Roman remains of the area.
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