Roman colonies in the first century of their foundation / edited by Rebecca J. Sweetman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sweetman, Rebecca J.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonies.

Local history.

Manners and customs.

Social conditions.

History.

Rome--Colonies--History--Congresses.

Rome.

Rome--Colonies--Social conditions--Congresses.

Rome--Colonies--Social life and customs--Congresses.

Cities and towns--Rome--History--Congresses.

Cities and towns.

City and town life--Rome--History--Congresses.

City and town life.

Rome--Colonies--History, Local--Congresses.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book Co., [2011]

Contents:

Introduction: 100 years of solitude : colonies in the first century of their foundation / R. Sweetman

Language and identity in the Roman colonies of Sicily / K. Korhonen

"A tale of two colonies" : Augusta Emerita (Mérida) and Metellinum (Medellín) in Roman Lusitania / J. Edmondson

Corduba/Colonia Patricia : the colony that was founded twice / A. Jiménez and J.R. Carrillo

Imperial cult and imperial reconciliation / P. Scotton

Between Atticus and Aeneas : the making of a colonial elite at Roman Butrint / I.L. Hansen

"Alien settlers consisting of Romans" : identity and built environment in the Julio-Claudian foundations of Epirus in the century after Actium / W. Bowden

Colonia Iulia Nobilis Cnosus, the first 100 years : the evidence of Italian sigillata stamps / M. Baldwin Bowsky

Colonial space and the city : Augustus' geopolitics in Pisidia / A.U. De Giorgi

Afterword: Catastrophe and aftermath / G. Woolf.

Notes:

Papers from a conference held in September 2007 in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781842179741

1842179748

OCLC:

694238145