Becoming Roman: The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul
Cambridge University Press, 10/8/1998
EAN 9780521414456, ISBN10: 0521414458
Hardcover, 316 pages, 23.7 x 15.1 x 3.1 cm
Language: English
This book is a study of the process conventionally termed 'Romanization' through an investigation of the experience of Rome's Gallic provinces in the late Republic and early empire. Beginning with a rejection of the concept of 'Romanization' it describes the nature of Roman power in Gaul and the Romans' own understanding of these changes. Successive chapters then map the chronology and geography of change and offer new interpretations of urbanism, rural civilization, consumption and cult, before concluding with a synoptic view of Gallo-Roman civilization and of the origins of provincial cultures in general. The work draws on literary and archaeological material to make a contribution to the cultural history of the empire which will be of interest to ancient historians, classical archaeologists and all interested in cultural change.
1. On Romanization
2. Roman power and the Gauls
3. The civilising ethos
4. Mapping cultural change
5. Urbanising the Gauls
6. The culture of the countryside
7. Consuming Rome
8. Keeping faith? 9. Being Roman in Gaul.