| Community and Society in Roman Italy Contributor(s): Dyson, Stephen L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801867606 ISBN-13: 9780801867606 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $37.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1992 Annotation: Stephen L. Dyson examines rural communities as functioning, largely autonomous societies. Dyson traces the major outlines of community development from the end of the war with Hannibal to the early Middle Ages. He shows how local communities responded to changes in the greater Roman society while still retaining their distinctive identity. He examines the "typical" Roman community during the High Empire and explores the life cycle of rural inhabitants, showing how individuals- the aristocrats, the free poor, and the slaves- developed in relation to society as a whole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 937 |
| LCCN: 91020070 |
| Series: Ancient Society and History |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.11 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stephen L. Dyson examines rural communities as functioning, largely autonomous societies. Dyson traces the major outlines of community development from the end of the war with Hannibal to the early Middle Ages. He shows how local communities responded to changes in the greater Roman society while still retaining their distinctive identity. He examines the "typical" Roman community during the High Empire and explores the life cycle of rural inhabitants, showing how individuals- the aristocrats, the free poor, and the slaves- developed in relation to society as a whole. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dyson, Stephen L.: - Stephen L. Dyson is a professor of classics at the University at Buffalo and has spent his career writing about archaeology and Roman history. His numerous books include In Pursuit of Ancient Pasts: A History of Classical Archaeology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, The Roman Countryside, and Community and Society in Roman Italy, also published by Johns Hopkins. |