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This is the first book to examine the economic impact of external cultures - the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans - upon the Iberian peninsula throughout the first millennium BC. Benedict Lowe provides a synthesis of recent archaeological work to place Spain in the broader context of debates about Romanisation during the Republic and Early Imperial period. He adopts a chronological approach, focusing on the processes of integration and regionalism in the economy of the Iberian peninsula. The book begins with an introduction to the kingdom of Tartessos and the impact of the Phoenician and Greek colonists upon the economy of the peninsula, setting the scene for Rome's conquest. Succeeding chapters explore the growing Roman presence, culminating in the first century AD. Combining literary and archaeological evidence, ""Roman Iberia"" provides an in-depth analysis of the Romanisation of Iberia in economic terms: villas, urbanism, pottery and trade and the interaction of Roman and native populations.

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""Although the book covers a limited period of the Roman Empire and concerns primarily aspects of the urban economic experience as affected by the Roman conquest (and elite male behaviours above all), it deserves to find a wide readership."" --Archaeological Review from Cambridge

Although the book covers a limited period of the Roman Empire and concerns primarily aspects of the urban economic experience as affected by the Roman conquest (and elite male behaviours above all), it deserves to find a wide readership. --Archaeological Review from Cambridge

"""Although the book covers a limited period of the Roman Empire and concerns primarily aspects of the urban economic experience as affected by the Roman conquest (and elite male behaviours above all), it deserves to find a wide readership."" --Archaeological Review from Cambridge"

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Benedict Lowe is Associate Professor of History, Western Oregon University.

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