{"product_id":"between-sahara-and-sea-africa-in-the-roman-empire-hardcover","title":"Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid J. Mattingly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire\u003c\/i\u003e challenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. It presents a new framework for understanding this and other territories incorporated in the Roman Empire. Based on decades of research in North Africa, David Mattingly's book is a cleverly constructed and 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. He charts a new path toward a bottom-up understanding of North African archaeology, exploring in turn the differing material cultures and experiences of the Roman communities of the military and the urban and rural areas. Regional and societal differences emerge as significant and of long duration in the fascinating story of one of the most important sectors of the Roman Empire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eBetween Sahara and Sea\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid J. Mattingly \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Leicester. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 744\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756092064032,"sku":"9780472133451","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72a3a7f9679ca49b54151367e9b2db00.webp?v=1780073903","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/between-sahara-and-sea-africa-in-the-roman-empire-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}