Title Baetica felix : people and prosperity in southern Spain from Caesar to Septimius Severus / Evan W. Haley

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages) : map Contents Rural settlement and production in Baetica, c. 50 B.C.-27 B.C. -- Baetica pacata -- The Julio-Claudian experience -- The Flavian impact : the evidence surveyed -- The Flavian impact : an analysis -- Wealthy Baetici -- The nature of economic growth in Roman Imperial Baetica : a theoretical perspective Summary "By carefully identifying a 'mid-spectrum' population and then showing clearly how numerous and important they were in the Roman world, Haley makes an extremely sound, well argued, and well documented case for revising our basic concept of the organization of the free Roman social world ... His scholarship is absolutely first rate."--Robert C. Knapp, Professor of Classics, University of California, Berkeley Baetica, the present-day region of Andalusia in southern Spain, was the wealthiest province of the Roman Empire. Its society was dynamic and marked by upward social and economic mobility, as the imperial peace allowed the emergence of a substantial middle social and economic stratum. Indeed, so mutually beneficial was the imposition of Roman rule on the local population of Baetica that it demands a new understanding of the relationship between Imperial Rome and its provinces. Baetica Felix builds a new model of Roman-provincial relations through a socio-economic history of the province from Julius Caesar to the end of the second century A.D. Describing and analyzing the impact of Roman rule on a core province, Evan Haley addresses two broad questions: what effect did Roman rule have on patterns of settlement and production in Baetica, and how did it contribute to wealth generation and social mobility? His findings conclusively demonstrate that meeting the multiple demands of the Roman state created a substantial freeborn and ex-slave "middle stratum" of the population that outnumbered both the super-rich elite and the destitute poor Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-262) and index Notes Print version record Subject Land settlement -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History -- To 1500 Social structure -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History -- To 1500 POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History. HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome. Civilization -- Roman influences Economic history Land settlement Social conditions Social structure Sociaal-economische geschiedenis. Romeinse oudheid. SUBJECT Andalusia (Spain) -- Economic conditions Andalusia (Spain) -- Social conditions Andalusia (Spain) -- Civilization -- Roman influences Subject Spain -- Andalusia Andalusien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0292797796 9780292797796 9780292734647 0292734646

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