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The Romanization of Central Spain Complexity, Diversity and Change in a Provincial Hinterland
By Leonard A. Curchin
Copyright 2004
312 Pages
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Routledge
320 Pages
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Routledge
320 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Leonard A Curchin
‘The quality of the content of the text is outstanding… the book gives us a magnificent overview ... the book is a valuable volume on the bookshelf for anyone who studies Romanization.’ – www.PalArch.nl
