Description
This important book is the most comprehensive in English on Roman North Africa. It is remarkably rich, with up-to-date references and a host of new ideas and perspectives. Well written and illustrated, with a plethora of maps, it will be required reading for anyone interested in the subject. Rather than emphasizing the role of external actors, as studies of "Roman Africa" have traditionally done, Between Sahara and Sea focuses on local contributions to the making of Africa in the Roman empire. The author demonstrates that the multiple populations encountered by Rome were not an indistinct bloc, but had different identities and cultures.
About the Author
David J. Mattingly is Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Leicester.
Reviews
"In 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
Book Information
ISBN 9780472133451
Author David J. Mattingly
Format Hardback
Page Count 744
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 870g