Akanthos Ancient Art
  • Rome and the Barbarians.
Rome and the Barbarians.


Hardback, with dusjacket, 279x240mm, 700p, 890 col.ill, 110 bwill, English edition new condition, 2008,  ISBN 9788861304888     It is now a well-recognized fact that during the Roman Empire, tens of millions of Germans crossed its border. Germanic mercenaries served loyally under Julius Caesar, first as auxiliaries, later as legionaries, while some reached important military ranks.Today it is accepted that without the contribution of the Germans, it would have been difficult for the Roman Empire to last as long as it did. But how did Rome repay the northern barbarians for their almost total availability. This scholarly and accessible volume attempts to provide an answer to this historical puzzle.

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Germanic Silver Torque

Germanic Silver Torque

Germanic Silver Torque. Roman period. 2nd till 3rd century AD. Danube region, Aquincum. 

 

 

Germanic Silver Torque

Germanic Silver Torque

Relief with a young man carrying a ram.

Relief with a young man carrying a ram.

Mediterranean. Late Roman or Early Byzantine. Fourth till sixth century A. D. White marble. Large: 38,5 cm. Provenance: Several former collections / Art Trade, Brussels.

Fragment of a funerary stèla. Eastern Greece.

Fragment of a funerary stèla. Eastern Greece.

'For the most holy / honourable and her husband loving Apfia / apoia, daughter of Meleagros Proklos Alypos, son of Proklos made this for himself'.