Journal of Roman archaeology

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  Año 2018, Vol. 31, Número 2

  • In the service of empire: “stations routières” in Gaul - FABIEN COLLEONI (sous la direction de), STATIONS ROUTIÈRES EN GAULE ROMAINE. ARCHITECTURE, ÉQUIPEMENTS ET FONCTIONS (= Gallia 73-1, 2016) (CNRS Éditions, Paris). Pp. 320, figs. 254. ISBN 978-2-271-09353-0

    Robert Bruce Hitchner

    págs. 834-836

    

  • The end of empire along the northwest frontier - NICO ROYMANS, STIJN HEEREN & WIM DE CLERQ (edd.), SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN THE NORTHWEST FRONTIERS OF THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE. BEYOND DECLINE OR TRANSFORMATION (Amsterdam Archaeological Studies, vol. 26; Amsterdam University Press2017). Pp. vii + 222, figs. 76 including colour. ISBN 978-94-6298-360-1. $124.

    Richard Reece

    págs. 837-840

    

  • Una nueva aproximación substancial al culto imperial en Hispania - DUNCAN FISHWICK, PRECINCT, TEMPLE AND ALTAR IN ROMAN SPAIN. STUDIES ON THE IMPERIAL MONUMENTS AT MÉRIDA AND TARRAGONA (Ashgate Publishing; Farnham2017). Pp. xxx + 301, figs. 130. ISBN 978-1-4724-1265-2

    Marc Mayer Olivé

    Es reseña de:

    • PRECINCT, TEMPLE AND ALTAR IN ROMAN SPAIN. STUDIES ON THE IMPERIAL MONUMENTS AT MÉRIDA AND TARRAGONA

      Duncan Fishwick

      Farnham : Ashgate Publishing, 2017

    págs. 841-844

    

  • Legacy data and the comparative study of rural settlement patterns in Roman Spain - JAN SCHNEIDER, LÄNDLICHE SIEDLUNGSSTRUKTUREN IM RÖMISCHEN SPANIEN. DAS BECKEN VON VERA UND DAS CAMP DE TARRAGONA — ZWEI MIKROREGIONEN IM VERGLEICH (Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 22; Oxford2017). Pp. vi + 214, Abb. 84, Tabelle 14, Taf. 3 (includes colour). ISBN 978 1 78491 554 4. £35.

    Jesús Bermejo Tirado

    págs. 845-848

    

  • Una nueva aproximación a la ocupación romana de la Lusitania: el caso del Alentejo central - JOEY WILLIAMS, THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ROMAN SURVEILLANCE IN THE CENTRAL ALENTEJO, PORTUGAL (California Classical Studies no. 5; Berkeley, CA2017). Pp. xiii + 168; figs. 95. ISBN 978-1-939926-08-1. $29.95.

    Marc Mayer Olivé

    págs. 849-851

    

  • The debate over the late-antique/early mediaeval discoveries in the Plaza de l'Almoina, Valencia - ALBERT RIBERA I LACOMBA y MIQUEL ROSSELLÓ MESQUIDA, LOS PRIMEROS OBISPOS DE VALENCIA (Quaderns de Difusió Arqueològica, 11; Sección de Investigación Arqueológica Municipal, Valencia2014). Pp. 40, figs. 44, including color.

    Christoph Eger

    págs. 851-853

    

  • HIDALGO PRIETO, Rafael (coord.). "A massive corpus of villas: new data from Baetica" Las villas romanas de la Bética: vols. I-II (Editorial Universidad de Sévilla 2016). Pp. 1488, figs. 1382. ISBN 978-84-472-1861-5 (vol. I: 978-84-472-1864-6; vol. II: 978-84-472-1865-3)

    Carla Sfameni (res.)

    Es reseña de:

    • Las villas romanas de la Bética / coord. por Rafael Hidalgo Prieto

      Universidad de Sevilla, Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, 2016. Historia, 319. ISBN 9788499273259

    págs. 854-858

    

  • Plotting a course through the ‘Arab Spring’: restudying the Sabratha amphitheatre in the context of those of Africa Proconsularis - GILBERTO MONTALI, L’ANFITEATRO DI SABRATHA E GLI ANFITEATRI DELL’AFRICA PROCONSULARE (Monografie di Archeologia Libica XLI; L’Erma di Bretschneider, Roma2015). 2 vols. (text and plans), pp. xxii + 593 , ill. 389 b/n e 252 a colori (= 641) + 13 tavv. f.t. b/n e 7 a colori (= 20) + 10 pp. in arabo. ISBN 978-88-913-0802-3. EUR 350

    D.L. Bomgardner

    págs. 859-875

    

  • Acculturation (“Romanization”) in Illyria and Epirus - SAIMIR SHPUZA, LA ROMANISATION DE L’ILLYRIE MÉRIDIONALE ET DE LA CHAÔNIE (Collection de l’Ecole française de Rome 513, 2016). Pp. xv + 293, figs. 45, tableaux 7. ISSN 0223-5099; ISBN 978-2-7283-1097-5.

    David R. Hernandez

    págs. 876-882

    

  • Pannonian religion or religions of Roman Pannonia? - ISTVÁN TÓTH, PANNONIAI VALLÁSTÖRTÉNET (Ókor-Történet-Irás 2; L’Harmattan Kiadó, Pécs-Budapest2015). Pp. 252, black-and-white figures 132. ISBN 978-963-236-958-7.

    Csaba Szabó

    Es reseña de:

    • PANNONIAI VALLÁSTÖRTÉNET

      István Tóth

      Pécs-Budapest : L’Harmattan Kiadó, 2015

    págs. 883-889

    

  • Late Roman Pannonia for specialists - PÉTER KOVÁCS, A HISTORY OF PANNONIA IN THE LATE ROMAN PERIOD I (284-363 AD) (Antiquitas, Reihe 1, Band 67; Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn2016). Pp. viii + 320, figs. 5. ISBN 978-3-7749-4007-9. EUR. 75.00.

    Eric Fournier

    págs. 890-892

    

  • The Greek Agora in the Hellenistic and Roman periods: the state of affairs on the Greek mainland - CHRISTOPHER P. DICKENSON, ON THE AGORA. THE EVOLUTION OF A PUBLIC SPACE IN HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN GREECE (c. 323 BC – 267 AD) (Mnemosyne Supplements vol. 398; Brill, Leiden2017). Pp. xvii + 480, figs. 49. ISSN 2352-8656; ISBN 978-90-04-32671-2. EUR. 162.

    Jamieson C. Donati

    págs. 893-906

    

  • Creta nell'orizzonte del Mediterraneo romano - JANE E. FRANCIS and ANNA KOUREMENOS (edd.), ROMAN CRETE: NEW PERSPECTIVES (Oxbow Books, Oxford2016). Pp. ix + 246, many figs., color pls. 35. ISBN 978-1-78570-095-8. $65

    Monica Livadiotti

    Es reseña de:

    • ROMAN CRETE: NEW PERSPECTIVES

      Jane E. Francis, Anna Kouremenos

      Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2016

    págs. 906-915

    

  • Lykien und Karien: Zwei Kulturlandschaften im Wechselspiel - PATRICE BRUN, LAURENCE CAVALIER, KORAY KONUK & FRANCIS PROST (textes réunis par), EUPLOIA. LA LYCIE ET LA CARIE ANTIQUES. DYNAMIQUES DES TERRITOIRES, ÉCHANGES ET IDENTITÉS. Actes du colloque de Bordeaux, 5, 6 et 7 novembre 2009 (Ausonius éditions, Mémoires 34, Bordeaux 2013). Pp. 472, figs. 395 + tables, maps and annexe. ISSN 1283-2995; ISBN 978-2-35613-091-4. EUR 55.

    Alice Landskron

    págs. 916-920

    

  • The institutional history of Hierapolis - TULLIA RITTI, HIERAPOLIS DI FRIGIA IX: STORIA E INSTITUZIONI DI HIERAPOLIS (Hierapolis Kazısı: MAIER – Missione Archeologica Italiana a Hierapoli; Istanbul, 2017). Pp. xxxv + 726, figs. 23. ISBN 978-605-9680-42-4.

    C. P. Jones

    págs. 921-927

    

  • Water in Asia Minor & beyond - GILBERT WIPLINGER (ed.), DE AQUAEDUCTU ATQUE URBIUM LYCIAE PAMPHYLIAE PISIDIAE. THE LEGACY OF SEXTUS JULIUS FRONTINUS. TAGUNGSBAND DES INTERNATIONALEN FRONTINUS-SYMPOSIUMS, ANTALYA, 31. OKTOBER – 9. NOVEMBER 2014 (BABESCH Suppl. 27; Peeters, Leuven2016). Pp. xxxvi + 344, figs. 287. ISBN 9789042933613. EUR 98.

    Dylan Kelby Rogers

    págs. 927-931

    

  • The Christian basilicas of Miletus - PHILIPP NIEWÖHNER, nach Vorarbeiten von Theodor Wiegand, Hubert Knackfuß, Karl Wulzinger, Wolfgang Müller-Wiener and Otto Feld; with contributions by Johannes Becker, Ercan Erkul, Stefan Giese, Joachim Gorecki, Manfred Kunter, Heike Möller, Henriette Obermaier, Nadja Pöllath and Walter Prochaska, MILET Band I, BAUWERKE IN MILET. Teil 11. DIE BYZANTINISCHEN BASILIKEN VON MILET (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut; De Gruyter, Berlin2016). Pp. xvii + 411, figs. 954, plans 21 (including 6 folding), pls. 8, 3 supplementary figs. ISBN 978-3-11-041688-6

    Marcus Rautman

    págs. 932-935

    

  • Nochmal zu Palmyra: Archäologische Forschung im Krieg und danach - TRACEY LONG and ANNETTE HØJEN SØRENSEN (edd.), POSITIONS AND PROFESSIONS IN PALMYRA (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Scientia Danica. Series H, Humanistica 4, vol. 9 = Palmyrenske Studier vol. 2; Copenhagen2017). Pp. 136 figs. 84 including many in colour. ISSN 1904-5506; ISBN 978-87-7304-404-9. 200 dk.: PIERRE DUCREY, PIERRE GROS et MICHEL ZINK (éd.), LES ARCHIVES AU SECOURS DES TEMPLES DÉTRUITS DE PALMYRE. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris2017). Pp. 147, figs. including colour. ISBN 978-2-87754-361-3

    Andreas Schmidt-Colinet

    págs. 936-943

    

  • Glass from the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites - ODILE DUSSART, avec la collaboration de Pierre-Marie Blanc, Arianna D’Ottone, Jean-Pierre Sodini, QAL’AT SEM’AN. Volume IV: RAPPORT FINAL. Fascicule 4: LE VERRE (Institut français du Proche-Orient, Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique, T. 208; Beyrouth2017). Pp. 168, figs. 5, pls. 59 including colour, maps 2. ISSN 0768-2506; ISBN 978-2-35159-727-9

    C.S. Lightfoot

    págs. 944-948

    

  • A study in contrasts: two new historical accounts of Indo-Mediterranean trade - RAJAN GURUKKAL, RETHINKING CLASSICAL INDO-ROMAN TRADE. POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN EXCHANGE RELATIONS (Oxford University Press, New Delhi2016). Pp. xiii + 331, maps and figs. 6. ISBN 978-0-19-946085-4. - KASPER GRØNLUND EVERS, WORLDS APART TRADING TOGETHER: THE ORGANISATION OF LONG-DISTANCE TRADE BETWEEN ROME AND INDIA IN ANTIQUITY (Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 32; Oxford2017). Pp. viii + 213, figs. 35, colour pls. 19. ISBN 978 1 78491 742 5. £30.

    Roberta Tomber

    págs. 948-952

    

  • Reliefs of a religious character from Lebanon - ZEINA FANI ALPI, DÉVOTIONS LAPIDAIRES: RELIEFS DIVINS DU LIBAN ROMAIN (Bulletin d’Archéologie et d’Architecture libanaises hors-série XI; Beyrouth2016). Pp. 344, figs. 406. ISSN 1683-0083. 30,000 L.L.

    Lucinda Dirven

    págs. 953-955

    

  • Jewish identity: ancient versus modern - STEVEN FINE, ART, HISTORY AND THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF JUDAISM IN ROMAN ANTIQUITY (Brill Reference Library of Judaism vol. 34; Leiden2014). Pp. xvii + 234, ills. 64. ISBN 978-90-04-23816-9). $140.

    Moshe Fischer

    págs. 956-960

    

  • Object-centered analyses of magical practices - DIETRICH BOSCHUNG and JAN N. BREMMER (edd.), THE MATERIALITY OF MAGIC (Morphomata vol. 20; Wilhelm Fink, Paderborn2015). Pp. 425, figs., col. pls. 15. ISBN 978-3-7705-5725-7.

    Andrew T. Wilburn

    págs. 960-965

    

  • Three bishops hurling invective at Constantius II - RICHARD FLOWER (transl.), IMPERIAL INVECTIVES AGAINST CONSTANTIUS II: ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA, HILARY OF POITIERS, AND LUCIFER OF CAGLIARI (Translated Texts for Historians vol. 67; Liverpool University Press2016). Pp. x + 225. ISBN 978-1-78138-328-5.

    David Neal Greenwood

    págs. 965-966

    

  • An important survey of late-antique epigraphy - KATHARINA BOLLE, CARLOS MACHADO and CHRISTIAN WITSCHEL (edd.), THE EPIGRAPHIC CULTURES OF LATE ANTIQUITY (Heidelberger Althistorische Beiträge und Epigraphische Studien [HABES] Band 60; Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart2017). Pp. 615, figs., colour pls. 15, maps 9. ISBN 978-3-515-11558-2. EUR. 84.00.

    John Weisweiler

    págs. 967-970

    

  • The Apostle jug found in 1992, in the context of the great silver hoard discovered at Trier in 1628 - ANNEMARIE KAUFMANN-HEINIMANN and MAX MARTIN, with contributions from Wolfgang Binsfeld, Heinz Cüppers, Ludwig Eiden, Sabine Faust, Susanne Greiff, Hartwig Löhr, Barbara Niemeyer and Roland Schwab, DIE APOSTELKANNE UND DAS TAFELSILBER IM HORTFUND VON 1628. TRIERER SILBERSCHÄTZE DES 5. JAHRHUNDERTS (Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier2017) (= Trierer Zeitschrift, Beiheft 35). Pp. 333, numerous photographs, drawings and tables. ISBN 978-3-944371-06-1. EUR 98.

    Catherine Johns

    págs. 971-973

    

  • Forged, reworked, all'antica: the still-unfolding story of pseudo-antique sculptures - SASCHA KANSTEINER (ed.), PSEUDOANTIKE SKULPTUR I. FALLSTUDIEN ZU ANTIKEN SKULPTUREN UND IHREN IMITATIONEN (Transformationen der Antike 45; De Gruyter, Berlin2016). Pp. viii + 131, figs. 21, pls. 56. ISBN 978-3-11-047452-7. $112.00.

    Robert Cohon

    págs. 974-985

    

  • Digital archaeology in the field - ERIN WALCEK AVERETT, JODY MICHAEL GORDON and DEREK B. COUNTS (edd.), MOBILIZING THE PAST FOR A DIGITAL FUTURE. THE POTENTIAL OF DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY (The Digital Press @ The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 2016). Pp. xv + 532, figs. ISBN 978-062790137. $20 or download free.

    Theresa Huntsman

    Es reseña de:

    • MOBILIZING THE PAST FOR A DIGITAL FUTURE. THE POTENTIAL OF DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY

      Erin Walcek Averett, Jody Michael Gordon, Derek B. Counts

      Grand Forks : The Digital Press @ The University of North Dakota, 2016

    págs. 986-992

    

  • Antiquities: trade or betrayed - MAXWELL L. ANDERSON, ANTIQUITIES: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW (Oxford University Press, New York2017). Pp. xxi + 250. ISBN 978-0-19-061493-5 (pbk.). $16.95.

    Lucille A. Roussin

    Es reseña de:

    • ANTIQUITIES: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

      Maxwell L. Anderson

      New York : Oxford University Press, 2017

    págs. 993-995