Between Sahara and Sea : africa in the roman empire /

Mattingly, David John, 1958-

Between Sahara and Sea : africa in the roman empire / David J Mattingly. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2023. - pages cm - Thomas spencer jerome lectures .

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.

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