Roman Spain (Routledge Revivals): Conquest and Assimilation - Hardcover

Curchin, Leonard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415740312 ISBN 13: 9780415740319

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

The rugged, parched landscape and fierce inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula resisted Rome’s best generals for two centuries. Roman Spain tells the story of this conquest, making use of the latest archaeological evidence to explore the social, religious, political and economic implications of the transition from a tribal community accustomed to grisly human sacrifices to a civilised, Latin-speaking provincial society.

From the fabled kingdom of Tartesos to the triumph of Christianity, Professor Curchin traces the evolution of Hispano-Roman cults, the integration of Spain into the Roman economy, cultural ‘resistance’ to Romanisation, and surveys the chief cities of the Roman administration as well as conditions in the countryside. Special emphasis is placed on social relationships: soldier and civilian, the emperor and the provincials, patrons and clients, the upper and lower classes, women and the family.

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Curchin, Leonard

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415740312
• ISBN 13: 9780415740319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250