De Africa Romaque : merging cultures across North Africa /

This book, which derives from a conference held in 2013 in Leicester, reflects the recent development in North African studies of focusing on the region's pre-Roman phase and its many local afterlives throughout the Imperial period. As the editors put it, their main goal is to concentrate on No...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mugnai, Niccolò (Editor ), Nikolaus, Julia (Editor ), Ray, Nicholas (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: London : Society for Libyan Studies, ©2016.
Temas:
To 647
Antiquities
Roman colonies
Rome > Colonies > Africa.
Africa, North > Antiquities.
Africa, North > History > To 647.
Afrique du Nord > Histoire > Jusqu'à 647.
Africa
North Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries : context and objectives ; Introducing de Africa Romaque / J. Nikolaus and N. Mugnai
  • Part 1. North Africa before Rome : Indigenous traditions and their legacy ; Who shaped Africa? The origins of urbanism and agriculture in Maghreb and Sahara / D.J. Mattingly
  • Before Greeks and Romans : Eastern Libya and the oases, a brief review of interconnections in the Eastern Sahara / R.G. Morkot
  • Burial mounds and state formation in North Africa : a volumetric and energetic approach / D.L. Stone
  • Part II. Planning, developing, and transforming the North African townscape ; Merging technologies in North African ancient architecture : 'opus quadratum' and 'opus africanum' from the Phoenicians to the Romans / S. Camporeale
  • Continuity and change in Hellenistic town planning in Fayum (Egypt) : between tradition and innovation / G. Carpentiero
  • Quartieri residenziali e aree pubbliche : l'Agorà ed il Ginnasio di Cirene nella Tarda Antichità / E. Garparini
  • Part III. Perception and representation of power, ethnic and cultural identities ; Roman imperialism in Africa from the Third Punic War to the battle of Thapsus (146-46 BC) / M.S. Hobson
  • African geography in the triumph of Cornelius Balbus / A. Merrills
  • A Catholic stronghold? Religious and ethnic identities at Tipasa / G. Sears
  • Part IV. Economies across North Africa : production, technology, and trade ; Oil production at Dionysias and in Fayum : tradition and technological innovation across the Ptolemaic and Roman periods / L. Bigi
  • Les ateliers d'amphores de Zitha et le potentiel économique de la Tripolitaine tunisienne / E. Jerray
  • Imported building materials in North Africa : brick, stone and the role of return cargoes / B. Russell
  • Part V. Creating a lasting impression : architectural and decorative motifs ; Stones of memory : the presentation of the individual in the cemeteries of Cyrene / M. Oldjira and S. Walker
  • Beyond Ghirza : Roman-period mausolea in Tripolitania / J. Nikolaus
  • Architectural decoration at Sala (Chellah) and in Mauretania Tingitana : Punic-Hellenistic legacies, Roman official art, and local motifs / N. Mugnai
  • Ripresa e continuità di tradizioni ellenistiche nell'architettura enella decorazione architettonica tardoantica in Africa e altreprovince dell'Impero Romano / P. Pensabene
  • Imperial statues in urban contexts in Late Antique North Africa / A. Leone
  • Conclusion ; De Africa Romaque : some concluding thoughts / R.B. Hitchner.

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