Author |
Drinkwater, J. F.
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Subject |
Alemanni (Germanic people)
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Rome -- History -- Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
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Description |
1 online resource (xi, 408 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome rdacc |
Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-389) and index. |
Contents |
Prelude -- Arrival -- Settlement -- Society -- Service -- Conflict 285-355 -- Conflict 356-61 -- Conflict 365-94 -- The fifth century -- Appendix : the Lyon medallion. |
Summary |
Using historical and archaeological findings to reconstruct the origins of the Alamanni, their settlements, their politics, and their society, and to establish the nature of their relationship with Rome, this book discovers the cause of their modern elusiveness in their high level of dependence on the Empire. |
Note |
Print version record. |
ISBN |
9780191537776 (electronic bk.) |
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0191537772 (electronic bk.) |
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1281154962 |
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9781281154965 |
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9786611154967 |
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6611154965 |
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0199295689 (alk. paper) |
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9780199295685 (hbk.) |
OCLC # |
646790780 |
Additional Format |
Print version: Drinkwater, J.F. Alamanni and Rome 213-496 (Caracalla to Clovis). Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (DLC) 2006023593 |
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