Gallia Belgica
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the shadow of Rome's most ambitious northern frontier, Gallia Belgica stands as the definitive scholarly account of one of the ancient world's most strategically vital and culturally complex provinces — the vast Celtic and Germanic territory stretching from the Rhine to the English Channel that Rome struggled to conquer, govern, and ultimately transform. Edith Mary Wightman chronicles the full arc of this remarkable region's history, from its pre-Roman tribal origins through the successive waves of Roman military campaigns, administrative consolidation, and the deep cultural hybridisation that produced a uniquely Belgic-Roman civilisation. Drawing on a rich synthesis of archaeological evidence, numismatic records, epigraphy, and classical literary sources, she reconstructs the towns, roads, villas, and sanctuaries that defined daily life under Roman rule. Wightman's scholarship is meticulous yet compellingly readable, presenting a nuanced portrait of a people who were neither wholly conquered nor wholly Roman — a civilisation perpetually negotiating its identity on the empire's restless edge. Her analysis of the region's social structure, religious syncretism, and economic networks illuminates broader questions about how Rome absorbed and reshaped the barbarian world. Published by the prestigious B.T. Batsford Ltd, Gallia Belgica remains an indispensable reference for students of Roman provincial history and classical archaeology alike — and for anyone curious about the deep European roots that still echo beneath the modern nations of Belgium, Luxembourg, and northern France.
Author: Edith Mary Wightman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, B.T. Batsford Ltd
Genre: European history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the shadow of Rome's most ambitious northern frontier, Gallia Belgica stands as the definitive scholarly account of one of the ancient world's most strategically vital and culturally complex provinces — the vast Celtic and Germanic territory stretching from the Rhine to the English Channel that Rome struggled to conquer, govern, and ultimately transform. Edith Mary Wightman chronicles the full arc of this remarkable region's history, from its pre-Roman tribal origins through the successive waves of Roman military campaigns, administrative consolidation, and the deep cultural hybridisation that produced a uniquely Belgic-Roman civilisation. Drawing on a rich synthesis of archaeological evidence, numismatic records, epigraphy, and classical literary sources, she reconstructs the towns, roads, villas, and sanctuaries that defined daily life under Roman rule. Wightman's scholarship is meticulous yet compellingly readable, presenting a nuanced portrait of a people who were neither wholly conquered nor wholly Roman — a civilisation perpetually negotiating its identity on the empire's restless edge. Her analysis of the region's social structure, religious syncretism, and economic networks illuminates broader questions about how Rome absorbed and reshaped the barbarian world. Published by the prestigious B.T. Batsford Ltd, Gallia Belgica remains an indispensable reference for students of Roman provincial history and classical archaeology alike — and for anyone curious about the deep European roots that still echo beneath the modern nations of Belgium, Luxembourg, and northern France.