Volgens sommigen was de Romeinse wereld een 'slave society' waarin slaven de spil van de economie waren. De Romeinse slaaf had zo een belangrijke rol en kon allerlei functies en rollen innemen. Dit...Show moreVolgens sommigen was de Romeinse wereld een 'slave society' waarin slaven de spil van de economie waren. De Romeinse slaaf had zo een belangrijke rol en kon allerlei functies en rollen innemen. Dit onderzoek richt zich op de slaven en vrijgelaten slaven in de periferie van het Romeinse Rijk en dan met name op de provincie Britannia. Wie waren de slaven en vrijgelatenen in Britannia en wat voor rol vervulden zij in de samenleving?Show less
Identity within the Roman Empire has always been a major issue in archaeological research within the Mediterranean world, since there appears to be a large regional variability in cultural identity...Show moreIdentity within the Roman Empire has always been a major issue in archaeological research within the Mediterranean world, since there appears to be a large regional variability in cultural identity. Burial practices show information on social con-structs and can contribute to the complex issue on identity within the Roman Em-pire. A comparison of the burial practices of the rural cemetery of Vallerano, near Rome – core of the Roman Empire -, and the British Iron Age and Roman cemeteries of Tolpuddle Ball, Fordington Bottom, Watling Street and Bloxham demonstrated that a distinction between two different types of cemeteries can be distinguished. These two cemetery-types consist of cemeteries where Iron Age burial practices remain in use, but also show an influence of Roman burials and cemeteries that re-semble the burial practices of the rural suburbium of Rome. Both types reflect a dif-ferent type of cultural identity, one in which the local Iron Age practices are still strongly visible mixed with Roman characteristics and one in which Roman practices are commonly used.Show less
This paper is a study on the ancient signaling methods used on the frontiers of Britain and Dacia. By approaching the conquest of both provinces from a historical and an archaeological point of...Show moreThis paper is a study on the ancient signaling methods used on the frontiers of Britain and Dacia. By approaching the conquest of both provinces from a historical and an archaeological point of view, the reasons behind the creation of the frontiers will be better understood. With the help of ancient sources such as Plutarch, Suetonius, Plinius the Elder, Cassius Dio and more recent sources such as D.J. Woolliscroft, D. Breeze, C.C. Petolescu and others, I have recreated the historical and ideological context in which the two provinces were conquered and the new frontiers created. The archaeological evidence comes to support the historical arguments and open up new perspectives. By observing the recreation and testing of ancient signaling methods on Hadrian`s Wall in Britain one would determine how to proper apply these methods on other frontiers as well. In this paper I have shown which are the methods used and what results they yielded in Britain and I have applied them on the frontier of Dacia. I have shown that these methods can be used in identifying new elements of the defense network, unknown before, around Dacia.Show less
