ON THE MEANING OF CITY WALLS IN LATE ROMAN SPAIN
<p>During three or four decades of the late 3rd and early 4th century, a number of cities across the Empire were refortified in a pattern that cannot be explained in defensive terms alone. Regional and especially local authorities seem to have played a decisive role in the process, and Lusitan...
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| Language: | English |
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Mega Publishing House
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology |
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| Online Access: | https://jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/view/237 |
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| Summary: | <p>During three or four decades of the late 3rd and early 4th century, a number of cities across the Empire were refortified in a pattern that cannot be explained in defensive terms alone. Regional and especially local authorities seem to have played a decisive role in the process, and Lusitania is a clear case of non-military initiative. About a dozen sites, a minority that is, did invest in these new structures, which were highly disruptive to daily life, private property, and public resources. These same cities would find a relevance in the post-Roman world, as bishoprics and as military structures, an argument probably absent in their original builders’ purpose.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2360-266X |