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Social Dynamics in the Northwest Frontiers of the Late Roman Empire : Beyond Transformation or Decline / ed. by Wim Clercq, Stijn Heeren, Nico Roymans.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Amsterdam Archaeological Studies ; 26Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (230 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789048533954
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 937/.09 23/eng/20221017
LOC classification:
  • DG78
Other classification:
  • NH 7704
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. New perspectives on the Late Roman Northwest -- Late Roman State and Military Organisation -- The Late Roman imperial centre and its northwest frontier -- The Roman army and military defence in Northern Gaul and the Germanic provinces during the Late Empire -- Power Relations and Material Culture -- Gold, Germanic foederati and the end of imperial power in the Late Roman North -- Hacksilber in the Late Roman and Early Medieval world - economics, frontier politics and imperial legacies -- A symbol of Late Roman authority revisited: a sociohistorical understanding of the crossbow brooch -- Regional Case Studies -- The Late Roman town of Tongeren -- From Germania Inferior to Germania Secunda and beyond. A case study of migration, transformation and decline -- Roman state involvement in Britain in the later 4th century: an ebbing tide? -- Decline, Collapse, or Transformation? The case for the northern frontier of Britannia -- List of contributors
Summary: This volume explores the final phase of the West Roman Empire, particularly the changing interactions between the imperial authority and external 'barbarian' groups in the northwest frontiers of the empire during the fourth and fifth centuries. The contributions present valuable overviews of recent archaeological research combined with innovative theoretical discussions. Key topics include the movement of precious metals, trajectories of imperial power, the archaeology of migration, and material culture in relation to debates about ethnicity.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. New perspectives on the Late Roman Northwest -- Late Roman State and Military Organisation -- The Late Roman imperial centre and its northwest frontier -- The Roman army and military defence in Northern Gaul and the Germanic provinces during the Late Empire -- Power Relations and Material Culture -- Gold, Germanic foederati and the end of imperial power in the Late Roman North -- Hacksilber in the Late Roman and Early Medieval world - economics, frontier politics and imperial legacies -- A symbol of Late Roman authority revisited: a sociohistorical understanding of the crossbow brooch -- Regional Case Studies -- The Late Roman town of Tongeren -- From Germania Inferior to Germania Secunda and beyond. A case study of migration, transformation and decline -- Roman state involvement in Britain in the later 4th century: an ebbing tide? -- Decline, Collapse, or Transformation? The case for the northern frontier of Britannia -- List of contributors

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This volume explores the final phase of the West Roman Empire, particularly the changing interactions between the imperial authority and external 'barbarian' groups in the northwest frontiers of the empire during the fourth and fifth centuries. The contributions present valuable overviews of recent archaeological research combined with innovative theoretical discussions. Key topics include the movement of precious metals, trajectories of imperial power, the archaeology of migration, and material culture in relation to debates about ethnicity.

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