Roman Europe - 1000 Bc - Ad 400

This volume traces the rise of Rome and the extension of Roman power across Europe, from the viewpoints of both conquerors and conquered, and also Rome's barbarian heirs, covering the period from 1000 BC through to AD 400. The book reconstructs as far as possible the indigenous experience of contact with Rome, showing how Roman domination impacted upon the already complex world of Iron Age Europe, before leaving a new 'barbarian' world in its wake. Using both literary and archaeological evidence, the eight expert contributors analyse the transformation of Europe, and the laying of the foundations of the Middle Ages, including chapters on Iron Age Europe, Roman society, warfare and the army, economy and trade, religions, and the cultural implications of Roman conquest, as well as narrative chapters on war and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Edward (EDT) Bispham
• Assisted by: Edward Bispham (Editor), Bispham Edward (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 05.01.2009, delayed
• EAN: 9780199266012
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926601-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Short Oxford History of Europe; Short Oxford History of Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology