Late Roman Spain and Its Cities (Ancient Society and History) by Michael Kulikowski (PDF)

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This groundbreaking history of Spain in late antiquity sheds new light on the fall of the western Roman empire and the emergence of medieval Europe.Historian Michael Kulikowski draws on the most recent archeological and literary evidence in this fresh an enlightening account of the Iberian Peninsula from A.D. 300 to 600. In so doing, he provides a definitive narrative that integrates late antique Spain into the broader history of the Roman empire. Kulikowski begins with a concise introduction to the early history of Roman Spain, and then turns to the Diocletianic reforms of 293 and their long-term implications for Roman administration and the political ambitions of post-Roman contenders. He goes on to examine the settlement of barbarian peoples in Spain, the end of Roman rule, and the imposition of Gothic power in the fifth and sixth centuries. In parallel to this narrative account, Kulikowski offers a wide-ranging thematic history, focusing on political power, Christianity, and urbanism.Kulikowski’s portrait of late Roman Spain offers some surprising conclusions, finding that the physical and social world of the Roman city continued well into the sixth century despite the decline of Roman power. Winner of an Honorable Mention in the Association of American Publishers’ Professional and Scholarly Publishing Awards in Classics and Archeology

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⭐Professor Kulilowski makes use of recent archeology to chart the course of the rise and fall (or transformation rather) of cities in Spain. And not just the towns themselves, but the larger territories that were part and parcel of the Roman ‘civitas’. He argues interestingly and well that the timing and pace of transformation in Spain from classic to Christian, from Roman to Visigothic requires this updating. He notes that archeological evidence in Spain has been allowed to speak for itself only in the last 20 years or so, and it now paints a different picture than the one held for most of the 20th century. He also authoritatively reviews the literature, around which a certain narrative has been built in the past, in light of the new archeological evidence.

⭐I ordered this monograph after reading the informative review by Leonard Curchin in the on-line Bryn Mawr Classical Review. The book is as advertised. A well-argued, extremely well-documented contribution to our understanding not just of late antique Spain, but of urbanism and civil societies throughout the later eras of the Roman empure.

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