The Romanization of Central Spain - Complexity, Diversity and Change in a Provincial Hinterland

Curchin explores how, why and to what extent the peoples of Central Spain were integrated into the Roman Empire during the period from the second century BC to the second century AD.
He approaches the question from a variety of angles, including the social, economic, religious and material experiences of the inhabitants as they adjusted to change, the mechanisms by which they adopted new structures and values, and the power relations between Rome and the provincials. The book also considers the peculiar cultural features of Central Spain, which made its Romanization so distinctive.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 The indigenous culture 3 Conflict and reorganization 4 From hillfort to city 5 The changing countryside 6 Identity and status 7 Resource control and economic integration 8 Religious duality: dissonance or fusion? Linguistic transformations 10 Life and death: the Romanization of behaviour

About the author

Leonard A Curchin

Summary

Curchin explores how, why and to what extent the peoples of Central Spain were intergrated into the Roman Empire during the period from the second century BC to the second century AD.

Product details

• Authors: Leonard A Curchin, Leonard A. Curchin
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.2003
• EAN: 9780415285483
• ISBN: 978-0-415-28548-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Weight: 750 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Ancient / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Ancient Rome, Migration, immigration and emigration, Colonialism and imperialism, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, National liberation and independence, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples