The land that once formed the late antique Roman province of Epirus Vetus now straddles the border between Albania and Greece, a volatile area whose history since the Second World War has meant that modern political boundaries rather than those of antiquity have defined study of the ancient province. In this readable, well illustrated account, William Bowden reassesses the archaeological evidence from the fourth to the seventh century AD, when the area changed from a Roman province to a distant region beyond the limits of the empire, using the data to construct a model of the changing social structures that underlay this important transition. His analysis reveals that these changes were not gradual transformations but rather a series of sharply defined discontinuities, and suggests that these processes resulted in a more fragmented society, in which groups coalesced around individuals rather than concepts of town or state. The book also examines the controversial issue of Slavic settlement in the area in the immediate post-Roman period, a subject that even today remains dominated by the questions of nationalism and ethnic identity that have recently had such tragic consequences in the Balkans.
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William Bowden is the Packard Research Fellow in the School of World Art Studies and Museology at the University of East Anglia.
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The late Roman province of Epirus Vetus covered an area that roughly approximates to the Epirus of classical antiquity, a region now divided between the modern states of Greece and Albania (Figure. 1.1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
triconch palace, antique occupation, acropolis basilica, late antique sites, late antique town, imported sculpture, levelling courses, limestone rubble, urban fortifications, wall circuit, late antique society, site visibility, church construction, classical town, late antique period, villa sites, urban topography, hilltop sites, dating evidence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Epirus Vetus, Epirus Nova, Butrint Foundation, Ambracian Gulf, Lake Butrint, Ormos Vathy, Ruga Skenderbeu, Bishop Jovianus, Church of the Forty Saints, Eastern Illyricum, Asia Minor, Bishop Alkison, Bishop Dometios, Gregory the Great, Paulinus of Pella, Via Egnatia, Ali Pasha, Nea Anchialos, Notitia Dignitatum, Ottoman Porte, Pierrepont White, Villa of Antoninus New!
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The late Roman province of Epirus Vetus covered an area that roughly approximates to the Epirus of classical antiquity, a region now divided between the modern states of Greece and Albania (Figure. 1.1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
triconch palace, antique occupation, acropolis basilica, late antique sites, late antique town, imported sculpture, levelling courses, limestone rubble, urban fortifications, wall circuit, late antique society, site visibility, church construction, classical town, late antique period, villa sites, urban topography, hilltop sites, dating evidence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Epirus Vetus, Epirus Nova, Butrint Foundation, Ambracian Gulf, Lake Butrint, Ormos Vathy, Ruga Skenderbeu, Bishop Jovianus, Church of the Forty Saints, Eastern Illyricum, Asia Minor, Bishop Alkison, Bishop Dometios, Gregory the Great, Paulinus of Pella, Via Egnatia, Ali Pasha, Nea Anchialos, Notitia Dignitatum, Ottoman Porte, Pierrepont White, Villa of Antoninus New!
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- Procopius: The Secret History (Penguin Classics) by Procopius on 6 pages
- Towns in Transition: Urban Evolution in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages by Neil Christie in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The City in Late Antiquity (Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society) by Dr John Rich in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Sixth Century: Production, Distribution and Demand (Transformation of the Roman World) by Richard Hodges in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity: Environment and Culture (Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society) by John Salmon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Byzantines (The Peoples of Europe) by Averil Cameron in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Landscapes of Change: Rural Evolutions in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Late Antique & Early Medieval Studies) by Neil Christie in Front Matter, and page 220
- Goodbye to the Vikings? Re-reading Early Medieval Archaeology by Richard Hodges in Back Matter
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