Rome and the Nomads

The Pontic-Danubian Realm in Antiquity

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ID7535362
AuthorsRoger Batty (corresponding author)
Year2007
Pages680
Publication date2007-11-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueRome and the Nomads (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198149361.001.0001
OpenAlexW4388390660
Open LibraryOL10138216M
ISBN9780198149361
LanguageEN
Citations received43

In this comprehensive illustrated study, Roger Batty examines the historical importance of migration and the pastoral economy in Eastern Europe during ancient and early medieval times, with an emphasis on the early period of Roman rule. Across a wide geographical area, from the Ukraine to the shores of the Aegean, the interaction of imperial rulers and migrating steppe nomads both with each other and with the indigenous farmers and herdsmen, forms a central strand of European history. Batty uses both textual and archaeological evidence to establish a clear picture of life in the region. In explaining the historical development of the area in antiquity, whether in the Roman period or afterwards, he investigates the economic choices available to, and the ideas espoused by, both larger and smaller social groups. Historically important but unrecognized structures and trends are all given prominence over the more temporary initiatives of centralizing powers

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Period (music · Steppe · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · 30 B.C.-476 A.D · Acculturation · ancient · Ancient - Rome · BCE to c 500 CE · civilization · Cultural assimilation · Eastern · Economic history · empire · Europe · European history: BCE to c 500 CE · History - General History · History: World · Nomads · Pastoral systems · Rome · Social history · Ecology

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