UID:
edocfu_9959657703302883
Format:
1 online resource (296 p.)
ISBN:
9780691216317
Content:
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.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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ABBREVIATIONS --
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PREFACE --
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I. THE BARBARIANS IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND HOW THEY WERE ACCOMMODATED IN THE WEST --
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II. THE ROMAN BASIS FOR BARBARIAN LAND ALLOTMENTS --
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III. ALLOTMENTS IN FIFTH-CENTURY ITALY --
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IV. SETTLEMENTS IN GAUL. THE VISIGOTHS --
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V. THE BURGUNDIANS: FROM ALLOTMENT TO OWNERSHIP --
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VI. HOSPITALITAS AND THE FIFTH-CENTURY SETTLEMENTS --
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VII. THE LOMBARDS AS LATECOMING "GUESTS" --
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VIII. CONCLUSION: THE DEVOLUTION OF TAXATION --
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Appendix A. How Many Vandals Invaded Africa? --
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Appendix B. Interpretations of CE 276. 3-4 --
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Appendix C. Real Estate Not Declared for Assessment --
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Appendix D. Sidonius on "Hospitality" --
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Appendix E. Vegetius, Military Rations, and a Possible Connotation of fara --
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INDEX TO MODERN AUTHORS --
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INDEX
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780691216317
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691216317
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691216317
