The Early Roman Empire in the West

Digital reprint of this important collection of papers which form the companion to ' Early Roman Empire in the East' (Oxbow 1997) . Fourteen contributions examine the interaction of Roman and native peoples in the formative years of the Roman provinces in Italy, Gaul, Spain and Portugal, Germany and Britain. Contents: Introduction ( Thomas Blagg and Martin Millett ); The creation of provincial landscape: the Roman impact on Cisalpine Gaul ( Nicholas Purcell ); Romanization: a point of view ( Richard Reece ); Romanization: historical issues and archaeological interpretation ( Martin Millett ); The romanization of Belgic Gaul ( Colin Haselgrove ); Lower Germany: proto-urban settlement developments and the integration of native society ( J. H. F. Bloemers ); Relations between Roman occupation and the Limesvorland in the province of Germania Inferior ( Jurgen Kunow ); Early Roman military installations and Ubian settlements in the Lower Rhine ( Michael Gechter ); Some observations on acculturation process at the edge of the Roman world ( S. D. Trow ); Processes in the development of the coastal communities of Hispania Citerior in the Republican period ( Simon Keay ); Romanization and urban development in Lusitania ( Jonathan Edmondson ); Urban munificence and the growth of urban consciousness in Roman Spain ( Nicola Mackie ); First-century Roman houses in Gaul and Britain ( T. F. C. Blagg ); Towards an assessment of the economic and social consequences of the Roman conquest of Gaul ( J. F. Drinkwater ); The emergence of Romano-Celtic religion ( Anthony King ).

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• 1. Introduction by Thomas Blagg and Martin Millett
• Section I: Concepts of Empire and Romanization
  • 2. The Creation of Provincial Landscape: the Roman Impact on Cisalpine Gaul by Nicholas Purcell
  • 3. Romanization: a point of view by Richard Reece
  • 4. Romanization: historical issues and archaeological interpretation by Martin Millett
• Section II: Initial Contacts and Acculturation: The Northern Provinces
  • 5. The Romanization of Belgic Gaul: some archaeological perspectives by Colin Haselgrove
  • 6. Lower Germany: plura consilio quam vi: Proto-urban settlement developments and the integration of native society by J. H. F. Bloemers
  • 7. Relations between Roman occupation and the Limesvorland in the province of Germania Inferior by Jürgen Kunow
  • 8. Early Roman military installations and Ubian settlements in the Lower Rhine by Michael Gechter
  • 9. By the northern shores of Ocean: Some observations on acculturation process at the edge of the Roman world by S. D. Trow
• Section III: Urban Development – Hispania
  • 10. Processes in the Development of the Coastal Communities of Hispania Citerior in the Republican Period by Simon Keay
  • 11. Romanization and Urban Development in Lusitania by Jonathan C. Edmondson
  • 12. Urban munificence and the growth of urban consciousness in Roman Spain by Nicola Mackie
• Section IV: Cultural and Social Change
  • 13. First-century Roman houses in Gaul and Britain by T. F. C. Blagg
  • 14. For Better or Worse? Towards an Assessment of the Economic and Social Consequences of the Roman Conquest of Gaul by J. F. Drinkwater
  • 15. The Emergence of Romano-Celtic Religion by Anthony King