Valesio. History of an Apulian Settlement from the Iron Age to the Late Roman Period. By J. Boersma and D. Yntema. 305 × 205mm. Pp. 158, 66 figs., 33 pls. Fasano di Puglia: privately published by Società Montedipe, 1987.

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-163
Author(s):  
T. W. Potter
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
Late Roman

scholarly journals Tacitus during the late Roman Period and the Middle Ages

1916 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 196-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Haverfield
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Know How ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
The Middle Ages ◽  
Late Roman

While lately engaged with an edition of the ‘Agricola,’ it occurred to me to enquire how far Tacitus was read, and his works copied, during the period between his lifetime and the introduction of printing. Such an enquiry is more necessary than is always realised, if one is to appreciate properly the character and importance of the manuscripts of an ancient author. One needs not only to know their dates, relationships and general merits or demerits, but also to understand what may be called their ‘background,’ that is to know how far the author in question was seriously studied and his works copied during the centuries between his own day and the Renaissance. I therefore tried to work out some account of the history of Tacitus in this respect. I have been able to do this only very briefly, but the sketch, though short, may interest some readers of our Journal, and, being more or less historical, is not alien to its proper scope. Moreover, no quite similar sketch seems to exist, either in English or, so far as I am aware, in any language.

"Enslavement to fate," "cosmic pessimism" and other explorations of the Late Roman psyche: A brief history of a historiographical trend

2004 ◽  
Vol 33 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 277-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Denzey
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
Religious Attitudes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
Roman Antiquity ◽  
Late Roman

This article investigates the intellectual connections within a community of international scholars active in the first half of this century. Franz Cumont, André-Jean Festugière, E. R. Dodds and Arthur Darby Nock all shared a conceptual and methodological approach to the religious "attitudes" of the Late Roman period. These scholars maintained that "cosmic pessimism" or a sense of having been "enslaved" by the inexorable influence of fate resulted in a religious environment that gave rise to various soteriologically oriented religious movements, of which Christianity served as the culmination. This article reviews the assessments and methods of this cadre of scholars, noting the influence of "enslavement to fate" and "cosmic pessimism" as tropes in later scholarship, and briefly offers an alternate way to understand religion and religions in Roman antiquity.

Population, settlement and economy in Late Roman and Byzantine Palestine (70–641 AD)

2004 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
DORON BAR
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Marginal Contribution ◽  
Land Settlement ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
Settlement History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
Political Settlement ◽  
Late Roman

This paper outlines the centrality of the Late Roman period in the settlement history of Palestine, and the marginal contribution of the Christian establishment to the development of the land. Settlement momentum during these periods resulted from the fact that Palestine was part of the Roman Empire. The historical trends in Palestine should be regarded as part of a broader political settlement drive that characterized the eastern parts of the Roman realm during the period under discussion. The argument that the process of expansion was unique and stemmed from Palestine's holiness in the eyes of the Christian world is unfounded.

Plyshchan microregion of settlements of the Late Roman period in the Upper Don region

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
Grigory L. Zemtsov ◽  
◽  
Dmitry V. Sarychev ◽  
Vladimir O. Goncharov ◽  
Ekaterina V. Fabritsius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
Late Roman

Noble shape, humble metals. Bronze and silver shield-head and snake-head rings of Roman era Scandinavia

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Rundkvist
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Core Production ◽  
Late Roman

Abstract Gold snake-head rings are a famous and much studied artefact group of the Late Roman Period in Scandinavia. But before and during their heyday, women in the same areas were occasionally buried with shield-head and snake-head rings made of silver or bronze. This paper surveys the material and traces the origin of these designs from the Wielbark Culture in coastal Poland about AD 100. The early shield-head rings probably arrived across the Baltic with the women who wore them. After the AD 210s, non-gold rings are a feature of the gold snake-head rings’ core production and distribution area on the Baltic Islands and south-east mainland Sweden. The women who wore them were not tribal royalty, but enjoyed comfortable economic means and had the right to display this top-level symbol in more affordable materials.

Formation and Land-Use History of Celtic Fields in North-West Europe – an Interdisciplinary Case Study at Zeijen, the Netherlands

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theo Spek ◽  
Willy Groenman-van Waateringe ◽  
Maja Kooistra ◽  
Lideweij Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Soil Tillage ◽  
North West ◽  
Late Iron Age ◽  
History Of

Celtic field research has so far been strongly focused on prospection and mapping. As a result of this there is a serious lack of knowledge of formation and land-use processes of these fields. This article describes a methodological case study in The Netherlands that may be applied to other European Celtic fields in the future. By interdisciplinary use of pedological, palynological and micromorphological research methods the authors were able to discern five development stages in the history of the field, dating from the late Bronze Age to the early Roman Period. There are strong indications that the earthen ridges, very typical for Celtic fields in the sandy landscapes of north-west Europe, were only formed in the later stages of Celtic field agriculture (late Iron Age and early Roman period). They were the result of a determined raising of the surface by large-scale transportation of soil material from the surroundings of the fields. Mainly the ridges were intensively cultivated and manured in the later stages of Celtic field cultivation. In the late Iron Age a remarkable shift in Celtic field agriculture took place from an extensive system with long fallow periods, a low level of manuring and extensive soil tillage to a more intensive system with shorter fallow periods, a more intensive soil tillage and a higher manuring intensity. There are also strong indications that rye (Secale cereale) was the main crop in the final stage of Celtic field agriculture.

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