TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haley,Evan W.
TI  - Baetica Felix: People and Prosperity in Southern Spain from Caesar to Septimius Severus 
SN  - 9780292797796
U1  - 330.9366 21
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Austin : 
PB  - University of Texas Press, 
KW  - Land settlement
KW  - Spain
KW  - Andalusia
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Social structure
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Glossary of Technical Terms --; Introduction --; Chapter one Rural Settlement and Production in Baetica, C. 50 B.C.–27 B.C --; Chapter two Baetica Pacata --; Chapter three The Julio-Claudian Experience --; Chapter four The Flavian Impact: The Evidence Surveyed --; Chapter five The Flavian Impact: An Analysis --; Chapter six Wealthy Baetici --; Chapter seven The Nature of Economic Growth in Roman Imperial Baetica: A Theoretical Perspective --; Chapter eight Conclusions --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Baetica, the present-day region of Andalusia in southern Spain, was the wealthiest province of the Roman Empire. Its society was dynamic and marked by upward social and economic mobility, as the imperial peace allowed the emergence of a substantial middle social and economic stratum. Indeed, so mutually beneficial was the imposition of Roman rule on the local population of Baetica that it demands a new understanding of the relationship between Imperial Rome and its provinces. Baetica Felix builds a new model of Roman-provincial relations through a socio-economic history of the province from Julius Caesar to the end of the second century A.D. Describing and analyzing the impact of Roman rule on a core province, Evan Haley addresses two broad questions: what effect did Roman rule have on patterns of settlement and production in Baetica, and how did it contribute to wealth generation and social mobility? His findings conclusively demonstrate that meeting the multiple demands of the Roman state created a substantial freeborn and ex-slave "middle stratum" of the population that outnumbered both the super-rich elite and the destitute poor
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7560/734647
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292797796
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ER  -