Rome in Africa
Susan Raven
Bok · Engelsk · 1993
| Utgitt | London : Routledge , 1993
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| Omfang | XXXIII, 254 s. : ill.
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| Utgave | 3rd ed.
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| Opplysninger | 1. Between the Desert and the Sea. A land of drought. Flora and fauna. The first North Africans. Colonists from the sea. The threat from the Greeks. The neighbours of Carthage -- 2. The Rise of Carthage. The ghost of ancient Carthage. The recovery of greatness. The threat from the Libyans. War against the Greeks. The Greeks 'conquer' Carthage. The new African kingdoms -- 3. The Wars Between Rome and Carthage. The Mercenary War. The move to Spain. Hannibal's great enterprise. Sophonisba: a heroine for Carthage. Scipio's revenge. The Third Punic War -- 4. New Masters for Africa. The Jugurthine War. The end of Numidian independence. The Roman occupation. Juba, King of Mauretania. The Third Augustan Legion. The revolt of Tacfarinas. A new modus vivendi -- 5. The Conquest of a Country. Roads. Ports and aqueducts. The new model towns. The limes -- 6. Granary of the Empire. Landlords and serfs, town and country. The harvester of Mactar. A mixed economy. Agriculture's golden age. The importance of olives. The great irrigation schemes. Crafts and industry -- 7. The Six Hundred Cities. Building to impress. Building for pleasure and comfort. At home in a town house -- 8. Careers Open to Talent. Apuleius of Madauros. Soldiers from Africa -- 9. The First African Emperor. The slow rise to power. The seat of power. The legacy of Septimius Severus. The Gordian rebellion.. - Nearly three thousand years ago the Phoenicians set up trading colonies on the coast of North Africa, and ever since successive civilizations have been imposed on the local inhabitants, largely from outside. Carthaginians, Romans, vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, TUrks, French and Italians have all occupied the region in their time.The Romans governed this part of Africa for six hundred cities, twelve thousand miles of roads and hundreds of aquaducts, some fifty miles long. The remains of many of these structures can be seen today.At the height of its prosperity, during the second and third centuries AD, the area was the granary of Rome, and produced more olive oil than Italy itself.The broadening horizons of the Roman Empire provided scope for the particular talents of a number of Africa's sons: the writers Terence and Apuleius; the first African Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, famous Christian theologians like Tertulllian and Saint Augustine - these are just some who rose to meet the challenges of their age.
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| ISBN | 0415081505. - 0415082617. - 9780415081504
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