Barbarians and Romans, A.D. 418-584: The Techniques of Accommodation
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- Synopsis
- Despite intermittent turbulence and destruction, much of the Roman West came under barbarian control in an orderly fashion. Goths, Burgundians, and other aliens were accommodated within the provinces without disrupting the settled population or overturning the patterns of landownership. Walter Goffart examines these arrangements and shows that they were based on the procedures of Roman taxation, rather than on those of military billeting (the so-called hospitalitas system), as has long been thought. Resident proprietors could be left in undisturbed possession of their lands because the proceeds of taxation,rather than land itself, were awarded to the barbarian troops and their leaders.
- Copyright:
- 1981
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 296 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780691216317
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780691053035, 9780691102313, 9780691053035, 9780691102313
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 08/03/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Princeton University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Carl Erdmann