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Author:   Andrew Poulter (, Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   141
Dimensions:   Width: 19.60cm , Height: 4.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.116kg
ISBN:  

9780197264027

ISBN 10:   0197264026
Pages:   708
Publication Date:   27 December 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A.G. Poulter: The collapse of a Roman economy and the militarization of the countryside: the case for dramatic change on the Danube A.G. Poulter: The Transition to Late Antiquity on the lower Danube: the city, a fort and the countryside THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT J.H.W.G Liebeschuetz: The Lower Danube region under pressure: from Valens to Heraclius M. Whitby: The Late Roman army and the defence of the Balkans P. Heather: Goths in the Roman Balkans, c. 350-500 THE CITY OF NICOPOLIS L. Slokoska: The two Anglo-Bulgaria research programmes and the results of the Bulgarian excavations P. Vladkova & Veliko Turnovo: The Late Roman Agora and the state of civic organization M. Beech: The environmental archaeology research programme at Nicopolis ad Istrum: methodology and results THE FORT AT DICHIN V. Swan: Dichin (Bulgaria): interpreting the ceramic evidence in its wider context P. Grinter: Seeds of destruction: conflagration in the grain stores of Dichin C. Johnstine: The preliminary results from the study of the mammal and bird bone assemblages from Dicin P. Guest: Coin circulation in the Balkans in Late Antiquity THE CITY IN CONTEXT J.P. Sodini: The transformation of cities in Late Antiquity within the provinces of Macedonia and Epirus B. Bavant: Tsarichin Grad and the changes in the nature of urbanism in the central Balkans in the 6th century M. Whittow: Nicopolis ad Istrum: backward and Balkan? S. Ladstatter and A. Pulz: Ephesos in the late Roman and early Byzantine period; changes in its urban character from the 3rd to 7th century AD J. Crow: Amida and Tropaeum Treaiani: a comparison of late antique fortress cities on the Lower Danube and Mesopotamia THE FORT IN CONTEXT G. v. Bulow: The fort of Istrus in Moesia Secunda: observations on the late Roman defensive system on the lower Danube (4th to 6th centuries AD) V. Dinchev: The fortifications in the dioceses of Thrace and Dacia during the early Byzantine period N. Christie: From the Danube to the Po: the defence of Pannonia and Italy in the fourth and fifth centuries AD THE COUNTRYSIDE IN CONTEXT I. Tsurov & Veliko Turnovo: Extensive field survey in north, central Bulgaria A.G. Poulter: Site-specific field survey: the methodology M. J. Boyd: Geophysical survey and rural settlement on the lower Danube at the transition to Late Antiquity H. Vanhaverbeke, F. Martens & M. Waelkens: Another view on Late Antiquity: Sagalassos (SW Anatolia), its suburbium and its countryside in Late Antiquity J. Bintliff: The contribution of regional survey to the Late Antiquity debate: Greece in its Mediterranean context

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A well-produced volume, amply illustrated. * Ancient West & East *

A well-produced volume, amply illustrated. Ancient West & East

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Andrew Poulter is the Chair of Late Roman and Early Byzantine Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.

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