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The barbarians speak : how the conquered peoples shaped Roman Europe
- Title
- The barbarians speak : how the conquered peoples shaped Roman Europe / Peter S. Wells.
- Author
- Wells, Peter S.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DG59.E8 W45 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 335 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Barbarians Speak re-creates the story of Europe's indigenous people who were nearly stricken from historical memory even as they adopted and transformed aspects of Roman culture. The Celts and Germans inhabiting temperate Europe before the arrival of the Romans left no written record of their lives and were often dismissed as "barbarians" by the Romans who conquered them. A more accurate, sophisticated picture of the indigenous people emerges, however, from the archaeological remains of the Iron Age. Here Peter Wells brings together information that has belonged to the realm of specialists and enables the general reader to share in the excitement of rediscovering a "lost people." In so doing, he is the first to marshal material evidence in a broad-scale examination of the response by the Celts and Germans to the Roman presence in their lands."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Roman provinces
- Romans > Europe
- Germanic peoples > Europe > Influence
- Romans
- Rezeption
- Barbar
- Inheemse volken
- Archeologische vondsten
- Acculturatie
- Civilização romana > Europa
- Povos > Europa
- História da europa
- Germanic peoples
- Roman provinces > Europe
- Celtes > Europe > Influence
- Pays celtiques > Civilisation
- Germains > Europe > Influence
- Romains > Europe
- Europe
- Römisches Reich
- Rome > Provinces
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-329) and index.
- Contents
- List of figures and tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ch. 1. Natives and Romans -- ch. 2. Europe before the Roman conquests -- ch. 3. Iron Age urbanization -- ch. 4. The Roman conquests -- ch. 5. Identities and perceptions -- ch. 6. Development of the frontier zone -- ch. 7. Persistence of tradition -- ch. 8. Town, country, and change -- ch. 9. Transformation into new societies -- ch. 10. Impact across the frontier -- ch. 11. Conclusion -- Glossary -- Greek and Roman authors -- Bibliographic essay.
- ISBN
- 0691058717
- 9780691058719
- 0691089787
- 9780691089782
- LCCN
- 99012193
- 9780691058719
- OCLC
- ocm40668212
- 40668212
- SCSB-862175
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library