Synopses & Reviews
What changes coincided with Roman rule on the lower reaches of the Rhine? What aspects of life remained untouched by Romanization? What continuities and discontinuities can be identified in politics, society, the economy, and culture of Germania Inferior? Historical transitions such as the early and final phase of Roman rule are especially illuminating phenomena for the historical sciences. As small as Germania Inferior was, the province did not develop uniformly. Differences between urban and rural environments, between northern and southern regions, and between political, social, economic, and-cultural aspects of life have been found. The Dutch and German archaeologists and experts on ancient history who have contributed to this volume offer discriminating answers to the question of continuity.
Synopsis
Welche Veranderungen gingen mit der romischen Herrschaft am unteren Lauf des Rheins einher? Welche Lebensbereiche blieben von der Romanisierung unberuhrt? Welche Kontinuitaten, welche Bruche lassen sich in Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Kultur der Germania inferior feststellen? Geschichtliche Ubergange wie die Anfangs- und die Endphase der romischen Herrschaft sind fur die historischen Wissenschaften Phanomene von besonderer Aussagekraft: So klein die Provinz auch war, weist die Germania inferior doch keine einheitliche Entwicklung auf. Fur Stadt und Land, Nord und Sud und schlielich fur die Bereiche des politischen, gesellschaftlichen, wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Lebens ergeben sich verschiedene Befunde. Im vorliegenden Band bemuhen sich niederlandische und deutsche Archaologen und Althistoriker um eine differenzierte Beantwortung der Kontinuitatsfrage.
Synopsis
Germanische Altertumskunde Online (Germanic Antiquity Studies Online) - just like the Reallexikon that has merged with it - is accompanied by supplementary volumes. This series comprises both monographs and edited volumes on specific topics from the fields of archaeology, history, and literary studies. It thus expands the database with the inclusion of aspects that require comprehensive analysis. More than 100 volumes have now appeared, from Germanenproblemen in heutiger Sicht (The Problems of Germanic Peoples from a Contemporary Perspective) to Germanische Altertumskunde im Wandel (Germanic Antiquity Studies in Flux).