Información General

• Autores: Andrew Fitzpatrick (coord.), Colin Haselgrove (coord.)
• Editores: Oxbow Books
• Año de publicación: 2019
• País: Reino Unido
• Idioma: inglés
• ISBN: 978-1-78925-050-3, 978-1-78925-051-0
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Resumen

• Between 58 and 51 BC Julius Caesar conquered Gaul. He campaigned across much of present day France and the Low Countries, crossed the Rhine to Germany, and sailed the Channel to invade Britain. In doing this he achieved immense personal wealth and glory and the loyalty of a battle-hardened army of veterans. Caesar's eventual return to Rome began with the crossing of the Rubicon which started a bloody civil war from which he emerged victorious and as dictator. Roman historians have little to say on the consequences of the war on the Iron Age communities of north-west Europe. Their story is told instead by archaeology and numismatics. Huge numbers were involved in the war, at a vast cost in people and wealth. In the aftermath, leaders sympathetic to Rome were installed and sometimes whole peoples were resettled. The diplomatic relations created at this time directly affected the eventual incorporation of these peoples into the Roman Empire. This book presents the latest archaeological research on the Battle for Gaul and its aftermath. Based on an acclaimed 2017 conference, it is the first Europe-wide overview and much of the research is published here in English for the first time. After an introduction to recent trends in historical studies, thematic studies and regional surveys analyse the archaeological and numismatic evidence from across north-west Europe. Comparative evidence for the Roman conquest of Spain is also examined, along with the fundamental role that the study of the Battle for Gaul played in shaping the development of Iron Age archaeology. Written by leading international experts, this book will be of interest to archaeologists, numismatists, ancient historians and military historians.

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Listado de artículos

• • Introduction

    Andrew Fitzpatrick, Colin Haselgrove

    pág. 1

    

  • Scylla, Caesar and Charybdis: (Mis)readings of the Gallic War

    Christopher Krebs

    págs. 1-7

    

  • The Gallic Wars in Roman history

    Greg Woolf

    págs. 9-18

    

  • The Gauls on the eve of the Roman conquest

    Ian Ralston

    págs. 19-47

    

  • The Sertorian Wars in the conquest of Hispania: From data to archaeological assessment

    Ángel Morillo Cerdán, Feliciana Sala Sellés

    • Texto completo

    págs. 49-72

    

  • 58 BC: The Helvetii, from the Swiss Plateau to Bibracte… and back

    Gilbert Kaenel

    págs. 74-90

    

  • Recent archaeological research on Roman military engineering works of the Gallic War

    Michel Reddé

    págs. 91-112

    

  • Caesar’s conquest and the archaeology of mass violence in the Germanic frontier zone

    Nico Roymans

    págs. 113-133

    

  • Caesar’s landing sites in Britain and Gaul in 55 and 54 BC: Critical places, natural places

    Andrew Fitzpatrick

    págs. 135-158

    

  • Gauls under siege: Defending against Rome

    Sophie Krausz

    págs. 159-178

    

  • Fighting for Caesar: The archaeology and history of Gallic auxiliaries in the 2nd–1st centuries BC

    Lionel Pernet

    págs. 179-200

    

  • The Hermeskeil fortress: New light on the Caesarian conquest of eastern Belgic Gaul and its aftermath

    Sabine Hornung

    págs. 201-225

    

  • Archaeology of the Roman Civil Wars: The destruction of Puig Ciutat (Catalonia, Spain) and Caesar’s campaign in Ilerda (49 BC)

    Àngels Pujol, Manuel Alberto Fernández Götz, Roger Sala, Carles Padrós Gómez, Eduard Ble Gimeno, Robert Tamba, Xavier Rubio Campillo

    págs. 227-240

    

  • The Gallic War in the chronology of Iron Age coinage

    Colin Haselgrove

    págs. 241-266

    

  • The island of Jersey: Focus of resistance or field of last resort?

    Philippe De Jersey

    págs. 267-283

    

  • The second battle of Alesia: The 19th-century investigations at Alise-Sainte-Reine and international recognition of the Gallic period of the late Iron Age

    Laurent Olivier

    págs. 285-309