Rome in the Pyrenees: Lugdunum and the Convenae from the first century B.C. to the seventh century A.D.

by Simon Esmonde Cleary

Overview

Written by an acknowledged authority on this period and region, this is the first full-length book published in English on a Roman-Gallic town.

Drawing from the extensive excavation that he has carried out on the site for many years, Simon Esmonde-Cleary presents this historical and archaeological survey of the important Roman and medieval site of St Bertrand de Comminges, or Lugdunum Convenarum, which was a great meeting place of routes in antiquity and stretches along the Pyrenees in the Gascony region between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

Specifically including a chapter on visiting Comminges in the present day, a part of southern France that is a popular holiday destination, Rome in thePyrenees will be invaluable reading to students and scholars of Roman provincial studies and Roman urbanism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134091034
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/13/2007
Series:	Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	184
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Simon Esmonde Cleary is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. His research interests include Roman and Late Antique archaeology, Roman towns and the transition from the Roman to mediaeval world.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Setting the Scene 2. Creating the Roman City 3. The City in its Splendour 4. The Countryside and the Creation of the Convenae 5. From Lugdunum to Convenae Appendix: Visiting Roman Saint-Bertrand and the Convenae Bibliography Index