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A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity
R. Bruce Hitchner (Edited by), RB Hitchner (Author)
9781444350012, Wiley
Hardback, published 7 April 2022
496 pages
24.6 x 18.9 x 1 cm, 0.454 kg
"This Companion is a book of outstanding scientific quality and an important contribution to research on North Africa. It provides an overview of two millennia across a culturally diverse zone spanning 'from the ancient Syrtes in modern West Libya to the Atlantic in Morocco, as well as the Sahara Desert'. It will be indispensable to English-speaking students and scholars for future research on ancient North Africa." (Journal of Roman Studies) "With the presentation of the volume, the editor and the authors have succeeded in creating a standard work for North African antiquity (and beyond), which over the next few years will set a standard that has rarely been achieved in terms of its completeness and diachronic structure." (PLEKOS) "The book is a great addition to the study of North Africa in Antiquity and will undoubtedly help orient those interested in this field. In addition, it is recommended for university courses on subjects related to the book, as the bibliography and further reading sections of each chapter are very useful and up to date." (Archivo Español de Arqueología)
Explore a one-of-a-kind and authoritative resource on Ancient North Africa A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity, edited by a recognized leader in the field, is the first reference work of its kind in English. It provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of North Africa's rich history from the Protohistoric period through Late Antiquity (1000 BCE to the 800 CE). Comprised of twenty-four thematic and topical essays by established and emerging scholars covering the area between ancient Tripolitania and the Atlantic Ocean, including the Sahara, the volume introduces readers to Ancient North Africa's environment, peoples, institutions, literature, art, economy and more, taking into account the significant body of new research and fieldwork that has been produced over the last fifty years. A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity is an essential resource for anyone interested in this important region of the Ancient World.
Illustrations ix Preface xiii North Africa Maps xv List of Abbreviations xxiv Notes on Contributors xxv Part I Setting the Stage 1 1 The Historiography of North Africa in Antiquity: An Overview 3 2 Archaeology 9 3 The Environment of North Africa 24 Part II Africa in the First Millennium BCE 39 4 Libyan Culture and Society 41 5 Beyond Barbarians: The Garamantes of the Libyan Sahara 64 6 Punic Carthage 81 7 Africa under the Roman Republic 101 Part III The Roman Period (146 BCE–439 CE) 117 8 African Rome. The City of Carthage from its Roman (Re-)foundation to the End of the Byzantine Period 119 9 Roman Imperial Administration 142 10 The Army 152 11 Roman North African Urbanism 173 12 Rural Settlement, Land Use, and Economy 202 13 The African Economy: The Ceramic Evidence 220 14 Prose Literature 233 15 Architecture and Art 247 16 Transforming Religion under the Roman Empire: The Case of Africa 285 17 Society and Culture in Late Roman Africa 299 18 The Mauri in Late Antiquity 317 19 Imperial and Late Latin Poetry from North Africa 332 20 Christian North Africa in Antiquity 354 Part IV From the Vandal Kingdom to the Arab Conquest (439–711 CE) 373 21 The Vandals 375 22 The Byzantine Period 391 23 Late Roman, Vandal, and Byzantine Coinage in Africa 410 24 The Arab Conquests and the End of Ancient Africa? 424 Index 439
R. Bruce Hitchner
R. Bruce Hitchner
David L. Stone
Philippe Leveau
Joan Sanmartí
David J. Mattingly
Iván Fumadó Ortega
Matthew S. Hobson
Ralf Bockmann
Jesper Carlsen
Patrice Faure
J. Andrew Dufton and Elizabeth Fentress
Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers
Michel Bonifay
Stéphanie Guédon
Niccolò Mugnai
Matthew M. McCarty
Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira
Andy Merrills
Helen Kaufmann
Anna Leone
Jonathan P. Conant
Andy Merrills
Cécile Morrisson
Corisande Fenwick
Subject Areas: History [HB]
