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archaeology & antiquity This page covers the period in history that stretches from the time of the neolithic revolution, the earliest dawn of human civilisation, until the 5th century A.D., the time of the collapse of the western Roman empire. This is the most eventful and exciting period in history, the time when the very concept of recording history for posterity originated. Even in preliterate civilisations, an effort was made to tell the story of contemporary life and events, recording it in cave-paintings and carvings. The emergence of literate and numerate cultures ensured the preservation of increasing amounts of doumentation and physical evidence, all of which became grist for the mill of the historians of later times. In this period, my interest lies chiefly with the imperial adventures of Alexander and with the Roman empire, particularly during the periods of the Punic wars and the early imperial period, from C. Julius Caesar to the Emperor Hadrian.
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Book recommendations: The Roman Empire by Paul Veyne (Arthur Goldhammer, transl.) Rome : An Oxford Archaeological Guide by Amanda Claridge Art and Society in Roman Britain by Jennifer Laing Greek and Roman Historians: Information and Misinformation by Michael Grant ...in association with Amazon.com |
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This page is the work of Peter Ravn Rasmussen.
Updated: August 31, 1998.