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Becoming Roman
The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul

Author: Greg Woolf, University of St Andrews, Scotland

Date Published: July 2000
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521789820

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This book studies the processes conventionally termed "Romanization" through an analysis of the experience of Roman rule over the Gallic province of the empire in the period 200 BC-AD 300. It examines how and why Gallo-Roman civilization emerged from the confrontation between the iron-age cultures of Gaul and the civilization we call classical. It develops an original synthesis and argument that will form a bridge between the disciplines of classics and archaeology and will be of interest to all students of cultural change.
- Draws on both literary and archaeological material
- Includes original views on acculturation
- Relevant to the study of Romanization in all areas, not only Gaul
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"[Woolf] has, however, produced a study that any serious student of the ancient world must read, and that is without question the best book on the western provinces written this decade." Michael Kulikowski, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Woolf's book is a significant contribution to the discusison of Romanization and well worthy of attention." Ernst KÜnzl, Classical World
"It is a essential read for those scholars interested in the cultural change undergone by the provincials of first-century Gaul." J. Kent Gregory, Religious Studies Review
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Product details
- Date Published: July 2000
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521789820
- length: 316 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.45kg
- contains: 3 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. On Romanization
2. Roman power and the Gauls
3. The civilising ethos
4. Mapping cultural change
5. Urbanising the Gauls
6. The culture of the countryside
7. Consuming Rome
8. Keeping faith? 9. Being Roman in Gaul.
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Greg Woolf, University of St Andrews, Scotland