Introduction: The Material Roman Empire 3 Barbara Burrell
2 The Sea 14 Deborah N. Carlson
3 Roads and Waterways 37 R. Bruce Hitchner
4 Coinage 51 Barbara Burrell
5 Pottery and Foodways 69 Nicholas F. Hudson
6 The Military 91 Alexandra W. Busch
7 Technology 156 Lynne C. Lancaster
8 Summation 177 Greg Woolf
Part II Regional Factors 187
9 The City of Rome 189 Stephen Dyson
10 Italy 206 Annalisa Marzano
11 Sicilia 232 Roger J.A. Wilson
12 Raetia 257 Günther Moosbauer
13 Dacia 273 Alexandru Diaconescu
14 Dalmatia 297 Dino Demicheli
15 Macedonia 322 Vassilis Evangelidis
16 Epirus 346 David R. Hernandez
17 Achaea 373 Dimitris Grigoropoulos
18 Crete and the Cyclades 398 Rebecca J. Sweetman
19 Thrace 419 Ivo Topalilov
20 Bithynia and Pontus 443 Owen Doonan
21 Asia 468 C. Brian Rose
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22 Galatia and Pisidia 492 Karl Strobel
23 Cappadocia 520 Guido Rosada, Maria Teresa Lachin, and Jacopo Turchetto
24 Lycia 537 Oliver Hülden
25 Pamphylia 559 Matthias C. Pichler
26 Cilicia 582 Dominique Krüger and Richard Posamentir
27 Syria 606 Andreas Kropp
28 Cyprus 632 Jody M. Gordon
29 Judaea 660 Barbara Burrell
30 Arabia 688 Sarah Wenner
31 Egypt 712 Willeke Wendrich
32 Cyrenaica 740 Susan Kane
33 Africa/Numidia/Mauretania 757 David J. Mattingly
34 Lusitania 781 Daniel Osland
35 Hispania Citerior and Hispania Baetica 804 Isabel Roda and Oliva Rodríguez Gutiérrez
36 Gallia Aquitania and Gallia Lugdunensis 831 Jane DeRose Evans
37 Gallia Narbonensis 854 Ralph Haeussler
38 Germania 880 David Wigg-Wolf
39 Britannia 911 Pete Wilson
Names and Places 935
Index 954
A one-of-a-kind exploration of archaeological evidence from the Roman Empire between 44 BCE and 337 CE
In A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, distinguished scholar and archaeologist Professor Barbara Burrell delivers an illuminating and wide-ranging discussion of peoples, institutions, and their material remains across the Roman Empire.
Divided into two parts, the book begins by focusing on the "unifying factors," institutions and processes that affected the entire empire. This ends with a chapter by Professor Greg Woolf, Ronald J. Mellor Professor of Ancient History at UCLA, which summarizes and enlarges upon the themes and contributions of the volume. Meanwhile, the second part brings out local patterns and peculiarities within the archaeological remains of the City of Rome as well as almost every province of its empire.
Each chapter is written by a noted scholar whose career has focused on the subject. Chronological coverage for each chapter is formally 44 BCE to 337 CE, but since material remains are not always so closely datable, most chapters center on the first three centuries of the Common Era, plus or minus 50 years. In addition, the book is amply illustrated and includes new and little-known finds from oft-ignored provinces.
Readers will also find:
A thorough introduction to the peoples and operations of the Roman Empire, including not just how the center affected the periphery ("Romanization") but how peripheral provinces operated on their own and among their neighbors
Comprehensive explorations of local patterns within individual provinces
Contributions from a diverse panel of leading scholars in the field
A unique form of organization that brings out systems across the empire, such as transport across sea, rivers and roads; monetary systems; pottery and foodways; the military; construction and technology
Perfect for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of archaeology and the history of the Roman Empire, A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Empire will also earn a place in the libraries of professional archaeologists in other fields, including Mayanists, medievalists, and Far Eastern scholars seeking comparanda and bibliography on other imperial structures.
Barbara Burrell is a Roman archaeologist who teaches Classics at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Her professional focus is on Roman imperial architecture, art, and history, with a subspecialty in ancient coinage.
