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How things make history : the Roman Empire and its terra sigillata pottery
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ISBN: 9789462980549 9462980543 904852993X Year: 2016 Volume: 23 Publisher: Amsterdam: Amsterdam university press,

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Bright red 'terra sigillata' pots dating to the first three centuries CE can be found throughout the Western Roman provinces. The pots' widespread distribution and recognisability make them key evidence in the effort to reconstruct the Roman Empire's economy and society. Drawing on recent ideas in material culture, this book asks a radically new question : what was it about the pots themselves that allowed them to travel so widely and be integrated so quickly into a range of contexts and practices? To answer this question, Van Oyen offers a fresh analysis in which objects are no longer passive props, but rather they actively shape historical trajectories.


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Livestock for sale : animal husbandry in a Roman frontier zone : the case study of the civitas Batavorum
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ISBN: 9789462980808 9462980802 9789048530281 9048530288 Year: 2016 Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,

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The civitas Batavorum was a settlement on the north-western frontier of the Roman Empire, and it is now the site of numerous archaeological excavations. This book offers the most up-to-date look yet at what has been discovered, using the newest archaeological techniques, about the town and its economy, its military importance, and the religious and domestic buildings it held. It will be essential reading for anyone studying the economy of the Roman provincial countryside or the details of food supply for the Roman army and town.

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