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Edge of Empire: Rome's Frontier on the Lower Rhine
Jona Lendering
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Description for Edge of Empire: Rome's Frontier on the Lower Rhine
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 924.
Every ancient author writing about the Low Countries, was preoccupied with the complete contrast between the civilized people of the Roman Empire and the tribes of noble savages or barbarians living outside it. Julius Caesar exploited this preconception to enhance his own reputation, boasting that he had overcome the "bravest of all Gauls"; Tacitus employed the same stereotypes when he described the Batavian Revolt; and, in Late Antiquity, the Franks were still described as resembling monsters.
The reality was different. The presence of the Roman army along the River Rhine radically changed the way of life in the small ... Read more
Every ancient author writing about the Low Countries, was preoccupied with the complete contrast between the civilized people of the Roman Empire and the tribes of noble savages or barbarians living outside it. Julius Caesar exploited this preconception to enhance his own reputation, boasting that he had overcome the "bravest of all Gauls"; Tacitus employed the same stereotypes when he described the Batavian Revolt; and, in Late Antiquity, the Franks were still described as resembling monsters.
The reality was different. The presence of the Roman army along the River Rhine radically changed the way of life in the small ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Karwansaray BV
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Rotterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789490258054
SKU
V9789490258054
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About Jona Lendering
Jona Lendering read history at Leiden University (MA 1993), specialized in Mediterranean culture at the Amsterdam Free University (MA 1996), and worked at excavations in Holland (Riethoven) and Greece (Halos). After teaching historical theory and ancient history at the Free University for several years, he was one of the founders of a school for history teaching, Livius Onderwijs. As an ... Read more
Reviews for Edge of Empire: Rome's Frontier on the Lower Rhine
...will be of interest to enthusiasts who are looking for an interesting collection of information about the areas of the “lower Rhine” during the times of ancient Romans.
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