Rome and Its Empire (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Johnson, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041574475X ISBN 13: 9780415744751

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

The legacy of Rome is still very much with us in Europe. It forms part of our cultural backdrop, and is enshrined in the European mind, whether through classical literature, education and jurisprudence, or spectacular ruins. In Rome and Its Empire, first published in 1989, Stephen Johnson examines our understanding of the archaeological aspects of Roman civilisation, and traces the development of archaeology from the earliest post-Roman times, through to its real discovery in the eighteenth century, and its burgeoning in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Various areas of modern archaeological thought and practice are examined with regard to the study of Roman archaeology. The emphasis is on how archaeologists examine and classify material, and the various ways in which valid historical conclusions are deduced from that evidence. Johnson concludes by exploring how techniques from other disciplines are now being applied to archaeological study, and indicates what we may yet learn from this.

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Stephen Johnson

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041574475X
• ISBN 13: 9780415744751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 178