This study explores the theme of Batavian ethnicity and ethnogenesis in the context of the
Early Roman Empire, starting with the current view of ethnicity as a culturally determined …

The Early Middle Ages, which marked the end of the Roman Empire and the creation of the
kingdoms of Western Europe, was a period central to the formation of modern Europe. This …

'Barbarians' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the
Roman Empire-the peoples they considered'uncivilised'. Most of the written sources …

Many archaeological researchers studying colonialism are critiquing theories of cultural
change (eg, hybridity, creolization) in favor of interpretive models that emphasize cultural …

In studies of the Iron Age and Early Roman periods the concept of the 'tribe'has long been a
social framework upon which to hang the archaeological record. Yet, despite widespread …

Within the first few centuries after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the majority of
those westerners once considered Romans adopted the identities of their barbarian rulers …

Drawing on a range of evidence related to royal authority, political events and literate
culture, this study traces how kings and emperors involved themselves in the affairs of the …

Being Christian in Vandal Africa investigates conflicts over Christian orthodoxy in the Vandal
kingdom, the successor to Roman rule in North Africa, ca. 439 to 533 ce Exploiting …

European first millennium BC studies have witnessed an increasing theoretical divide
between the approaches adopted in different countries. Whilst topics such as ethnicity …

Ethnic interpretations are more prevalent in studies of the early medieval period than in any
other. One reason for this is that the big events–the coming of the Germanic tribes, the fall of …