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001 2012027743
003 DLC
005 20120719170740.0
008 120716s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012027743
020 $a9780521196499
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aDG311$b.E76 2013
082 00 $a937/.06$223
084 $aSOC003000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aEsmonde Cleary, A. S.$q(A. Simon)
245 14 $aThe Roman West, AD 200-500 :$ban archaeological study /$cSimon Esmonde Cleary.
264 1 $aCambridge :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
263 $a1302
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"This book describes and analyses the development of the Roman West from Gibraltar to the Rhine, using primarily the extensive body of published archaeological evidence rather than the textual evidence underlying most other studies. It situates this development within a longer-term process of change, proposing the later second century rather than the 'third-century crisis' as the major turning-point, although the latter had longer-term consequences owing to the rise in importance of military identities. Elsewhere, more 'traditional' forms of settlement and display were sustained, to which was added the vocabulary of Christianity. The longer-term rhythms are also central to assessing the evidence for such aspects as rural settlement and patterns of economic interaction. The collapse of Roman imperial authority emphasised trends such as militarisation and regionalisation along with economic and cultural disintegration. Indicators of 'barbarian/Germanic' presence are reassessed within such contexts and the traditional interpretations questioned and alternatives proposed"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Prologue: the 'third-century crisis'; 2. The military response: soldiers and civilians; 3. Christianity and the traditional religions; 4. Reshaping the cities; 5. Emperors and aristocrats in the late Roman West; 6. Rural settlement and economy in the late Roman West; 7. The economy of the late Roman West; 8. Breakdown and barbarians; 9. The fifth century and the disintegration of the Roman West; 10. Epilogue: AD 200-500, a coherent period?.
651 0 $aRome$xHistory$yEmpire, 284-476.
651 0 $aRome$xHistory$yGermanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
650 0 $aRomans$zEurope, Western.
651 0 $aEurope, Western$xAntiquities, Roman.
651 0 $aRome$xAntiquities.
650 0 $aArchaeology and history$zRome.
650 0 $aArchaeology and history$zEurope, Western.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.$2bisacsh