The Roman Provinces, 300 BCE–300 CE: Using Coins as Sources (Guides to the Coinage of the Ancient World) - Hardcover

Andrew Burnett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1009420135 ISBN 13: 9781009420136

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Highly illustrated introduction to Roman provincial coins, opening up a huge range of contemporary evidence to students of ancient history.

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Provincial coinage gives us a unique insight into the Roman world, reflecting the values and concerns of the elites of the many hundreds of cities in the Roman empire. Coins offer a very different perspective from written history, which usually represents the views of the senatorial class, and which was usually composed long after the events that are described. The coins, in contrast, provide evidence without hindsight, and uniquely allow a systematic examination across the whole Roman world. This volume makes it possible for instructors and students and scholars to deploy a complex set of material evidence on many historical topics. It includes over two hundred illustrations of coins with detailed captions, so providing a convenient sourcebook of the most important items, and covers topics such as the motivation for Roman conquest, the revolution of Augustus, the world of the Second Sophistic and the crisis of the third century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009420135
• ISBN 13: 9781009420136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288