LEADER 03303nam 2200469 450 001 9910814056303321 005 20240112051746.0 010 $a1-78925-775-1 010 $a1-78925-776-X 035 $a(CKB)5580000000003654 035 $a(NjHacI)995580000000003654 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6824988 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6824988 035 $a(OCoLC)1288664902 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30542748 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30542748 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000003654 100 $a20240112d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRoman Aquileia $eThe Impenetrable City-Fortress, a Sentry of the Alps /$fNatale Barca 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aOxford, England :$cOxbow Books,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 235 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a1-78925-774-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: The background -- Chapter 1 The northernmost stronghold -- Chapter 2 Caesar's seat for Illyrian affairs -- Chapter 3 The capital of the Regio X-Venetia et Histria -- Chapter 4 A portrait of a Roman city in the Early Empire -- Chapter 5 In the whirlwind of the Marcomannic Wars -- Chapter 6 Aquileia's War -- Chapter 7 The Great Constantinian Aquileia -- Chapter 8 A residence of emperors and an evangelizing Church -- Chapter 9 Aquileia in the sunset of the Empire -- Chapter 10 Aquileia's fall -- Appendix The Roman expansion in northern Italy -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Further reading. 330 $aThis book shows how a military colony became a large, impressive and prosperous city. Legendary for its walls and port, it was able to play a basic role in the great strategy of ancient Rome between the Po and the Danube, spanning the centuries from its foundation (181 BC) to the fateful days of blood and violence of its fall (AD 452).Based on a study of ancient sources, contemporary literature and the latest archaeological research, and written in a fast-paced and accessible style, the book provides a portrait of Aquileia in a diachronic key, under various aspects; it sets the city in the complex societal and political system of the time, gives a thorough account of the great events of which it was a protagonist or victim and offers detailed portraits of key figures, whether famous or less well-known, and analyses of epic battles.Combining academic scholarship with storytelling, biographies of important personalities and stories of political intrigue, assassinations and full-scale warfare which narrate the evocative epic of the rise, decline and disappearance of ancient cities, the volume highlights a significant topic in Roman political, social, economic, religious and military history, but one which has been inexplicably neglected in the Anglo-Saxon world until now.-- Publisher. 607 $aAquileia (Italy)$xHistory 676 $a937.381 700 $aBarca$b Natale$01362064 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814056303321 996 $aRoman Aquileia$94070495 997 $aUNINA