Before After Transformation Change and Abandonment in the Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean

Before After  Transformation  Change  and Abandonment in the Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean
Author: Paolo Cimadomo,Rocco Palermo,Raffaella Pappalardo,Raffaella Pierobon Benoit
Publsiher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2020-04-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781789696004

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The result of a workshop held at the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (2016), this book explores various aspects related to transformation and change in the Roman and Late Antique world, from the evolution of settlement patterns to spatial re-configuration after abandonment processes.

More than a Church Late Antique Ecclesiastical Complexes in Cyprus

More than a Church  Late Antique Ecclesiastical Complexes in Cyprus
Author: Catherine T. Keane
Publsiher: BRILL
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2024-06-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004697881

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The church annexes of late antique Cyprus were bustling places of industry, producing olive oil, flour, bread, ceramics, and metal products. From its earliest centuries, the church was an economic player, participating in agricultural and artisanal production. More than a Church brings together architecture, ceramics, numismatics, landscape archaeology, and unpublished excavation material, alongside consideration of Cyprus’s dynamic and prosperous 4th–10th-century history. Keane offers a rich picture of the association between sacred buildings and agricultural and industrial facilities—comprehensively presenting, for the first time, the church’s economic role and impact in late antique Cyprus.

Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity

Cyprus in the Long Late Antiquity
Author: Panayiotis Panayides,Ine Jacobs
Publsiher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2023-02-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781789258769

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Cyprus was a thriving and densely populated late antique province. Contrary to what used to be thought, the Arab raids of the mid-seventh century did not abruptly bring the island’s prosperity to an end. Recent research instead highlights long-lasting continuity in both urban and rural contexts. This volume brings together historians and archaeologists working on diverse aspects of Cyprus between the sixth and eighth centuries. They discuss topics as varied as rural prosperity, urban endurance, artisanal production, civic and private religion and maritime connectivity. The role of the imperial administration and of the Church is touched upon in several contributions. Other articles place Cyprus back into its wider Mediterranean context. Together, they produce a comprehensive impression of the quality of life on the island in the long late antiquity.

Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical World

Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical World
Author: Aaron W. Irvin
Publsiher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-09-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781119630708

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A timely and academically-significant contribution to scholarship on community, identity, and globalization in the Roman and Hellenistic worlds Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical World examines the construction of personal and communal identities in the ancient world, exploring how globalism, multi-culturalism, and other macro events influenced micro identities throughout the Hellenistic and Roman empires. This innovative volume discusses where contact and the sharing of ideas was occurring in the time period, and applies modern theories based on networks and communication to historical and archaeological data. A new generation of international scholars challenge traditional views of Classical history and offer original perspectives on the impact globalizing trends had on localized areas—insights that resonate with similar issues today. This singular resource presents a broad, multi-national view rarely found in western collected volumes, including Serbian, Macedonian, and Russian scholarship on the Roman Empire, as well as on Roman and Hellenistic archaeological sites in Eastern Europe. Topics include Egyptian identity in the Hellenistic world, cultural identity in Roman Greece, Romanization in Slovenia, Balkan Latin, the provincial organization of cults in Roman Britain, and Soviet studies of Roman Empire and imperialism. Serving as a synthesis of contemporary scholarship on the wider topic of identity and community, this volume: Provides an expansive materialist approach to the topic of globalization in the Roman world Examines ethnicity in the Roman empire from the viewpoint of minority populations Offers several views of metascholarship, a growing sub-discipline that compares ancient material to modern scholarship Covers a range of themes, time periods, and geographic areas not included in most western publications Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical World is a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and graduate students examining identity and ethnicity in the ancient world, as well as for those working in multiple fields of study, from Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman historians, to the study of ethnicity, identity, and globalizing trends in time.

Romans Barbarians and the Transformation of the Roman World

Romans  Barbarians  and the Transformation of the Roman World
Author: Ralph W. Mathisen,Danuta Shanzer
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781317061687

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One of the most significant transformations of the Roman world in Late Antiquity was the integration of barbarian peoples into the social, cultural, religious, and political milieu of the Mediterranean world. The nature of these transformations was considered at the sixth biennial Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity Conference, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in March of 2005, and this volume presents an updated selection of the papers given on that occasion, complemented with a few others,. These 25 studies do much to break down old stereotypes about the cultural and social segregation of Roman and barbarian populations, and demonstrate that, contrary to the past orthodoxy, Romans and barbarians interacted in a multitude of ways, and it was not just barbarians who experienced "ethnogenesis" or cultural assimilation. The same Romans who disparaged barbarian behavior also adopted aspects of it in their everyday lives, providing graphic examples of the ambiguity and negotiation that characterized the integration of Romans and barbarians, a process that altered the concepts of identity of both populations. The resultant late antique polyethnic cultural world, with cultural frontiers between Romans and barbarians that became increasingly permeable in both directions, does much to help explain how the barbarian settlement of the west was accomplished with much less disruption than there might have been, and how barbarian populations were integrated seamlessly into the old Roman world.

The Transformation of the Roman World AD 400 900

The Transformation of the Roman World AD 400 900
Author: Leslie Webster,Michelle P. Brown,Michelle Brown
Publsiher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1997
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520210603

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Book accompanies 5 exhibitions. Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) and index.

Cities and the Meanings of Late Antiquity

Cities and the Meanings of Late Antiquity
Author: Mark Humphries
Publsiher: BRILL
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2019-11-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004422612

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This study examines how cities have become an area of significant historical debate about late antiquity, challenging accepted notions that it is a period of dynamic change and reasserting views of the era as one of decline and fall.

Rivers and Waterways in the Roman World

Rivers and Waterways in the Roman World
Author: Andrew Tibbs,Peter B. Campbell
Publsiher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2023-11-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781000986518

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Taking a broad geographical, temporal, and cross-disciplinary approach, this volume explores new and innovative research which focuses on rivers and waterways from across the Roman world. Rivers and Waterways in the Roman World brings together cross-disciplinary chapters focussing on theoretical approaches, new digital and scientific methods and analytical techniques, and related surveying and excavation case studies to examine the Romans' extensive use of rivers and inland waterways around the Empire. Roman seafaring is well studied, but this book expands our knowledge of Roman transport, communication, and trade networks inland. The book highlights the challenges of archaeological work in the dynamic environments of rivers and waterways and showcases the use of new methodologies, including the increasing availability and accessibility of digital technologies that have led to a growth in the development and application of new archaeological and analytical techniques, as well as the discovery of new archaeological sites, many of which were previously inaccessible. This book is for archaeologists, historians, classicists, and geographers with an interest in the history and archaeology of the Roman Empire. Chapter 15 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.