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PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691102317
ISBN-139780691102313
eBay Product ID (ePID)735061
Product Key Features
Number of Pages296 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBarbarians and Romans, A. D. 418-584 : the Techniques of Accommodation
Publication Year1987
SubjectAncient / Rome
FeaturesLimited Edition
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorWalter Goffart
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width6.6 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
ReviewsA wholly new interpretation. . . . Professor Goffart argues his case clearly, forcefully, and at length. He has the ancient sources at his fingertips. -- E. A. Thompson, Times Literary Supplement, "A wholly new interpretation. . . . Professor Goffart argues his case clearly, forcefully, and at length. He has the ancient sources at his fingertips."-- E. A. Thompson, Times Literary Supplement, "A wholly new interpretation. . . . Professor Goffart argues his case clearly, forcefully, and at length. He has the ancient sources at his fingertips." ---E. A. Thompson, Times Literary Supplement, A wholly new interpretation. . . . Professor Goffart argues his case clearly, forcefully, and at length. He has the ancient sources at his fingertips., "A wholly new interpretation. . . . Professor Goffart argues his case clearly, forcefully, and at length. He has the ancient sources at his fingertips." --E. A. Thompson, Times Literary Supplement
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal940.1/2
Edition DescriptionLimited
SynopsisDespite intermittent turbulence and destruction, much of the Roman West came under barbarian control in an orderly fashion. Goths, Burgundians, and other aliens were accommodated within the provinces without disrupting the settled population or overturning the patterns of landownership. Walter Goffart examines these arrangements and shows that they, Despite intermittent turbulence and destruction, much of the Roman West came under barbarian control in an orderly fashion. Goths, Burgundians, and other aliens were accommodated within the provinces without disrupting the settled population or overturning the patterns of landownership. Walter Goffart examines these arrangements and shows that they were based on the procedures of Roman taxation, rather than on those of military billeting (the so-called hospitalitas system), as has long been thought. Resident proprietors could be left in undisturbed possession of their lands because the proceeds of taxation,rather than land itself, were awarded to the barbarian troops and their leaders., Despite intermittent turbulence and destruction, much of the Roman West came under barbarian control in an orderly fashion. Goths, Burgundians, and other aliens were accommodated within the provinces without disrupting the settled population or overturning the patterns of landownership. Walter Goffart examines these arrangements and shows that they were based on the procedures of Roman taxation, rather than on those of military billeting (the so-called hospitalitas system), as has long been thought. Resident proprietors could be left in undisturbed possession of their lands because the proceeds of taxation, rather than land itself, were awarded to the barbarian troops and their leaders.
LC Classification NumberD121
