Urban Centers and Rural Contexts in Late Antiquity

404 Pages·2001·27.07 MB·English

by  Thomas S. Burns

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Urban centers and rural contexts in late antiquity I
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Contributions to the Third Biennial Conference on Shifting Frontiers
in Late Antiquity, Emory University, March 1999.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Contents
vii Editors and Contributors
ix Preface
xi Introduction
URBAN CENTERS
3 Difficillima tempora: Urban Life, Inscriptions, and Mentality in Late
Antique Rome, Geza AlfOldy
25 Autun and the Civitas Aeduorum: Maintaining and Transforming a
Regional Identity in Late Antiquity, Bailey K. Young
47 Alexandria and the Mareotis Region, Christopher Haas
63 The Case of Late Antique Berytus: Urban Wealth and Rural
Sustenance-A Different Economic Dynamic, Linda Jones Hall
77 Urban Space in Caesarea Maritima, Israel, Joseph Patrich
III Byzantine Petra-A Reassessment, Zbigniew T. Fiema
v
URBAN CENTERS AND RURAL CONTEXTS IN LATE ANTIQUITY
TOWN AND COUNTRY
135 Women and Horses and Power and War, ]. E Drinkwater
147 The Interdependence of Town and Country in Late Antique Spain,
Michael Kulikowski
163 Towns, Vici and Villae: Late Roman Military Society on the Frontiers
of the Province Valeria, Zsolt Visy
185 Archaeological Perspectives on Rural Settlement in Late Antiquity in
the Rhine and Danube Area, Helmut Bender
199 Peasants as "Makeshift Soldiers for the Occasion": Sixth-Century
Settlement Patterns in the Balkans, Florin Curta
219 Town and Countryside in Roman Arabia during Late Antiquity,
DavidEGraf
241 Rural Society and Economy in Late Roman Cyprus,
Marcus Rautman
CHRISTIANIZATION
265 Pastoral Care: Town and Country in Late-Antique Preaching,
E. G. Clark
285 The Continuity of Paganism between the Cities and Countryside of
Late Roman Africa, David Riggs
301 From Pagan to Christian in Cites of Roman Anatolia during the
Fourth and Fifth Centuries, Kenneth Harl
323 " ... Nec sedere in villani': Villa Churches, Rural Piety and the
Priscillianist Controversy, Kim Bowes
349 Christianizing the Syrian Countryside: An Archaeological and
Architectural Approach, Frank L. Kidner
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Editors
Thomas S. Burns, Department of History, Emory University
John W. Eadie, Department of History, Michigan State University
Contributors
Geza AlfOldy, Seminar fUr Alte Geschichte der Universitat Heidelberg
Helmut Bender, Archiiologie der Romischen Provinzen, Universitiit Passau
Kim Bowes, Department ofA rt and Archaeology, Princeton University
E. G. Clark, Depatment of Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol
Florin Curta, Department ofH istory, University of Florida
J. E Drinkwater, Department of Classics, University ofN ottingham
Zbigniew T. Fiema, Institutum Classicum, University ofH elsinki
David Graf, Department of History, University ofM iami
Christopher Haas, Department of History, Villanova University
Linda Jones Hall, Department of History, St. Mary's College ofM aryland
Kenneth Had, Department of History, Thlane University
Frank L. Kidner, Department ofH istory, San Francisco State University
Michael Kulikowski, Department of History, Smith College
Joseph Patrich, Department ofA rchaeology, University of Haifa
Marcus Rautman, Department ofA rt and Archaeology,
University of Missouri, Columbia
David Riggs, Christ Church, Oxford
Zsolt Visy, Department ofA rchaeology, Janus Pannonius University, Pecs
Bailey Young, Department of History, Eastern Illinois University
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