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A companion to the archaeology of the Roman Empire

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A companion to the archaeology of the Roman Empireedited by Barbara Burrell.
other author:	Burrell, Barbara.
Published:	Hoboken, NJ :Wiley-Blackwell,2024.
Description:	1 online resource (2 v.) :ill., maps
Subject:	Roman provinces.
Subject:	RomeHistoryDiocletian, 284-305
Online resource:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118538265
ISBN:	9781118538265$q(ebook)

A companion to the archaeology of the Roman Empire
A companion to the archaeology of the Roman Empire[electronic resource] /edited by Barbara Burrell. - 1st ed. - Hoboken, NJ :Wiley-Blackwell,2024. - 1 online resource (2 v.) :ill., maps - Blackwell companions to the ancient world. - Blackwell companions to the ancient world..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The nature of the Romans' relationship with the sea can be summarized in one word: adversarial. The literary evidence makes plain that most Romans preferred and admired a terrestrial, agricultural life - consequently they disliked the sea and distrusted those who made a living on it. For Cicero, the downfall of Corinth and Carthage stemmed from the decision to abandon agriculture in favor of maritime commerce (Vishnia 1988). Of course, the literary evidence primarily reflects the attitudes of the senatorial class, who regarded merchants as lying thieves, and their workplace a source of corruption polluted by the immoral ideas of foreigners (Horden and Purcell 2000). Funerary inscriptions, not surprisingly, paint a different picture by revealing that Roman merchants prided themselves on honesty and integrity (Knapp 2011, 8-10). History suggests that the Romans took to the sea only out of necessity. During the Punic Wars, the first sizable Roman fleet was realized by replicating a captured Carthaginian warship. The vessel that eventually became the backbone of the imperial provincial fleets was borrowed from Illyrian pirates. The Roman navy was regarded as a less prestigious branch of the military, comparable to the auxilia staffed by non-citizens and commanded by equestrians. Discharge diplomas and funerary inscriptions show that Roman sailors were referred to as milites, and served 26 years, or one year longer than their terrestrial counterparts in the auxilia. The technical, naval terminology of the Romans contains very few words of Latin derivation; the vast majority were borrowed or adapted from Greek"--

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9781118538265$q(ebook)

LCCN: 2021045159Subjects--Topical Terms:

577256
Roman provinces.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

391698
Rome
--History--Diocletian, 284-305

LC Class. No.: DG272

Dewey Class. No.: 937

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