Description
Book SynopsisChallenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. Based on decades of research in North Africa, David Mattingly’s book is an innovative account of the history and archaeology of ancient North Africa (roughly equivalent to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) from the first century BCE to the third century CE.
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Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire, David Mattingly charts a new path toward a bottom-up understanding of North African archaeology. This cleverly constructed, innovative book addresses key themes in the archaeology of ancient North Africa, roughly equivalent to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, from the first century BCE to the third century CE. The author focuses not on “Roman Africa,” but rather the way that areas participated in the empire centered on Rome. Mattingly articulates this new vision of Africa through the perspective of “discrepant identity,” a theoretical approach that enables him to examine variation in the extent of identification with the imperial project.”
—David Stone, University of Michigan
Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Note on the Transliteration of Names and Spelling of Toponyms
- Part 1. Introduction
- Chapter 1. From the Desert to the Sown: An African Journey
- Chapter 2. Discrepant Identity and Other Theoretical Approaches
- Part 2. Early Cultural Encounters in North Africa: 1000 BCE – 40 CE (and Beyond)
- Chapter 3. Incomers: Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans
- Chapter 4. Numidae and Mauri of the Tell
- Chapter 5. Gaetuli of the Pre- Desert and Garamantes of the Sahara
- Part 3. T he Military Community
- Chapter 6. Ars Militaris: Pacifying, Protecting, Policing, Posturing?
- Chapter 7. Military Identities in Action
- Part 4. T he Urban Communities
- Chapter 8. Different Towns and Varied Trajectories
- Chapter 9. Exploring Urban Identities
- Part 5. T he Rural Communities
- Chapter 10. Different Landscapes, Different Worlds
- Chapter 11. Expressions of Rural Identities
- Part 6. Some Final Themes
- Chapter 12. Different Economies
- Chapter 13. African Agency
- Appendix 1. Chronological Table
- Bibliography
- Index
