Author: Gareth Sears
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780752448435
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The story of the cities of Roman Africa
The Cities of Roman Africa
Author: Gareth Sears
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780752448435
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The story of the cities of Roman Africa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780752448435
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The story of the cities of Roman Africa
Rome in Africa
Author: Susan Raven
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113489239X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113489239X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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.
Cities of Roman Africa
Author: Gareth Sears
Publisher: History Press (SC)
ISBN: 9780752498195
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The evolution of the city and aspects of city life in one of Rome's richest provinces
Publisher: History Press (SC)
ISBN: 9780752498195
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The evolution of the city and aspects of city life in one of Rome's richest provinces
Cities in the Sand
Author: Kenneth D. Matthews
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789127270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Today, the ancient Roman towns of Leptis Magana and Sabratha on the Mediterranean cost of Libya attract only a few curious travelers. But two thousand years ago they were thriving commercial and agricultural centers whose value to Rome was measured by the wealth of produce shipped annually to the cities of the Empire. This volume is primarily an introduction to the personality of these two towns, recovered by archaeologists from the burying sands only in relatively recent years. The text offers a concise and informative survey of the history of the history of the region known as Tripolitania and examines the cultural and social life of Leptis Magna and Sabratha as reflected in the magnificent ruins depicted in the accompanying plates. The first chapter provides an understanding of Roman government and organization in Africa from the time of Scipio’s destruction of Carthage in 146 B.C. until the beginning of Mohammedan rule in 698 A.D. This discussion gives perspective to the life of Leptis Magna and Sabratha by placing it in context with Roman Africa in general, explaining the various political divisions of the Roman provinces as well as the manner of civil and military administration under early imperial Roman, Vandal, and Byzantine rule. The second and third chapters deal, respectively, with the particular ruins of the two towns. Although both Leptis Magana and Sabratha (unlike their sister city Oea, or modern Tripoli) succumbed to the smothering weight of drifting sand dunes, they are made to live again in the pages of this volume. Kenneth Matthews’ text is an excellent summary of life in Roman times, while the photographs by Alfred Cook provide views, unsurpassed in beauty and clarity of detail, of the buildings and art that once flourished along the rim of the Mediterranean Sea.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789127270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Today, the ancient Roman towns of Leptis Magana and Sabratha on the Mediterranean cost of Libya attract only a few curious travelers. But two thousand years ago they were thriving commercial and agricultural centers whose value to Rome was measured by the wealth of produce shipped annually to the cities of the Empire. This volume is primarily an introduction to the personality of these two towns, recovered by archaeologists from the burying sands only in relatively recent years. The text offers a concise and informative survey of the history of the history of the region known as Tripolitania and examines the cultural and social life of Leptis Magna and Sabratha as reflected in the magnificent ruins depicted in the accompanying plates. The first chapter provides an understanding of Roman government and organization in Africa from the time of Scipio’s destruction of Carthage in 146 B.C. until the beginning of Mohammedan rule in 698 A.D. This discussion gives perspective to the life of Leptis Magna and Sabratha by placing it in context with Roman Africa in general, explaining the various political divisions of the Roman provinces as well as the manner of civil and military administration under early imperial Roman, Vandal, and Byzantine rule. The second and third chapters deal, respectively, with the particular ruins of the two towns. Although both Leptis Magana and Sabratha (unlike their sister city Oea, or modern Tripoli) succumbed to the smothering weight of drifting sand dunes, they are made to live again in the pages of this volume. Kenneth Matthews’ text is an excellent summary of life in Roman times, while the photographs by Alfred Cook provide views, unsurpassed in beauty and clarity of detail, of the buildings and art that once flourished along the rim of the Mediterranean Sea.
Roman Africa
Author: Alexander Graham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Rome in Africa
Author: Susan Raven
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Cities in the Sand
Author: Kenneth D. Matthews (Jr.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Libya
Author: Antonino Di Vita
Publisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Brings to life a group of Greco-Roman cities long lost under the desert sands of North Africa. The discoveries of these sites offer a unique view of both Africa and the Greco-Roman world.
Publisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Brings to life a group of Greco-Roman cities long lost under the desert sands of North Africa. The discoveries of these sites offer a unique view of both Africa and the Greco-Roman world.
Late Roman African Urbanism
Author: Gareth Sears
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Oxbow says: Based on archaeological, literary and epigraphic sources, this study focuses on processes of continuity and change in Late Roman North Africa, from the late 3rd to the early 5th century AD.
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Oxbow says: Based on archaeological, literary and epigraphic sources, this study focuses on processes of continuity and change in Late Roman North Africa, from the late 3rd to the early 5th century AD.
Cities in the Sand
Author: Kenneth D. Matthews (jr.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leptis Magna, Tripoli
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leptis Magna, Tripoli
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description