Becoming Roman
Subtitle: The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780521789820
Subjects: Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; BCE to c 500 CE; History - General History; History; Gaulish; History: World; Europe; Ancient - General; Europe - France; Gaul--Civilization--Roman influences; History / Ancient / General; History : Europe - France
First sentence: At some point in the late 290s AD, an orator from the town of Autun in present day Burgundy made a speech before an imperial governor, perhaps the Perfect of the province of Lugdunensis I.
Description: Under the emperors' rule, the cultural lives of all Rome's subjects were utterly transformed. This book is a study of this process - conventionally termed 'Romanization' - through an investigation of the experience of Rome's Gallic provinces in the late Republic and early empire. Beginning with a rejection of the concept of 'Romanization', it describes the nature of Roman power in Gaul and the Romans' own understanding of these changes. Successive chapters then map the chronology and geography of change and offer new interpretations of urbanism, rural civilization, consumption and cult, before concluding with a synoptic view of Gallo-Roman civilization and of the origins of provincial cultures in general. The work draws on literary and archaeological material to make a contribution to the cultural history of the empire which will be of interest to ancient historians, classical archaeologists and all interested in cultural change.