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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sweetman, Rebecca J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Cities and towns.

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

City and town life.

Rome--Colonies--History--Congresses.

Rome.

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

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

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, Conn. : David Brown Book Co., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Research on the nature of cultural change in the Roman Empire has traditionally been divided between the Western and Eastern provinces. Papers in this volume aim to reunite the provinces by approaching the question of cultural change across the Empire through a range of material culture and historical sources focusing on the first 100 years of the foundation of a colony.

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 (Merida) and Metellinum (Medellin) in Roman Lusitania / J. Edmondson

Corduba/Colonia Patricia : the colony that was founded twice / A. Jimenez 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.

ISBN:

9781842175378

1842175378

9781842175392

1842175394

OCLC:

831118123