Roman Gaul and Germany

Roman Gaul and Germany
Author: Anthony King
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520069893

Looks at Roman ruins in France and Germany, including recent finds, and describes what life was like under the reign of the Roman Empire

Celtic Coinage in Britain

Celtic Coinage in Britain
Author: Philip de Jersey
Publisher: Shire Publications
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2008-03-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780747803256

In the space of little more than a hundred years, from the Roman conquest of Gaul in the mid first century BC to the defeat of Boudicca in AD 61, Britain saw the final and arguably the most impressive phase in the development of Celtic coinage. The coins are not only beautiful and attractive in their own right, but also extraordinarily useful evidence in our attempts to understand Celtic society at this period. This book provides a general introduction to Celtic coinage in Britain. It analyses how and why the coins were made, describing the most significant types and many of the more obscure varieties, and explaining how the coins and the images they carry can reveal information on the political, economic and social life of the Celts. The book is fully illustrated with some of the best examples of Celtic coinage and provides details of museums where coins can be seen, as well as suggestions for more detailed reading.

Late Iron Age Gold Hoards from the Low Countries and the Caesarian Conquest of Northern Gaul

Late Iron Age Gold Hoards from the Low Countries and the Caesarian Conquest of Northern Gaul
Author: Nico Roymans
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2012-05-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9089643494

Presentatie van acht recent ontdekte Keltische goudschatten uit het zuiden van Nederland en België, bestaande uit gouden munten en gouden ornamenten, die een bijdrage leveren aan de archeologie, geschiedenis en numismatiek van de Keltische periode in de Lage Landen in de tijd vlak voor en tijdens de Romeinse verovering van Julius Caesar.

The World of the Gauls

The World of the Gauls
Author: Antón Bousquet
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2018-09-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781719885065

More than two millennia after the Roman conquest that marked the beginning of the fading away of the Gaulish tongue and culture, traces of the world of the Gauls still pervade their land. The Gauls obstinately refused to put their worldview into writing, but they nonetheless left a foundation, buried into the soil in the form of artifacts or written in the manuscripts of their neighbors. The artworks of the Gauls, in particular, represent an invaluable source concerning the way the early Celts viewed the creation: more than mere folklore, it is also a philosophy that can be seen behind the images that they carved on rocks, stamped on coins, or cast in bronze. The world of the Gauls is gone, but its foundations remain, and they can become the basis for the edification of something new, a philosophy that will not be a reconstruction of the philosophy of the ancient Celts, but rather only one that shares roots with it. The present work examines these foundations and uses them as the starting point of a modern Celtic philosophy. The backbone of the old foundation is the tripartition of the creation into three realms: the first is the Dubnos, which is the Dark and the Deep, the earth, the waters, and the shadows of the night. The "middle realm" is Bitu, Life and Being, which is characterized by the color of blood: the one of the dawn and the dusk. Finally, the last one is the Albios, which is the Bright, the light of the skies that illuminates the day, and all that cannot be touched with the hands, that is, the metaphysical world. The three realms of nature, to which the Gauls associated different gods, are themselves constantly at war with one another, as reflected in their central myth, and it is through this harmonious strife that the creation can flourish and that man can accomplish his destiny. This book represents an encounter between the traces of the essence of the Gaulish world and the works of ancient and modern philosophers such as Heraclitus and Heidegger, an encounter that offers a new vision of the world in which man lives. About the author: Antón Bousquet is an independent researcher specialized in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of religion, and comparative cultural studies. He holds a Master's degree in Linguistics from the University of Grenoble III in France and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies from Fujen Catholic University in Taiwan. A former teacher of French as a foreign language, he has worked in different parts of Europe, the Middle-East, and Asia.

The Romanization of Britain

The Romanization of Britain
Author: Martin Millett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1992-06-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521428644

This book sets out to provide a new synthesis of recent archaeological work in Roman Britain.

Ancient Coin Collecting

Ancient Coin Collecting
Author: Wayne G. Sayles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Coins, Ancient
ISBN: 9780873414425

This is your road map to finding your way around the ancient coin fraternity. With more than 200 photographs, tables and charts and a pronunciation guide, you will acquire the knowledge needed to survive this sometimes bewildering market. Get a jump start on the incredible world of the ancients by acquiring a basic understanding of their politics, history, mythology, and astrology and how it affected the minting and designing of their coins.