Orbis Provinciarum

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Orbis Provinciarum is a popular science, archaeological-cultural history-oriented series of non-fiction books published by Philipp von Zabern , which was designed to present the entirety of the ancient Roman world with a volume dedicated to each Roman province as well as an introductory and overview volume. The focus was "not so much the historical course or political and military events [...], but the description of the life and everyday life of people in Roman times, as they are reconstructed, according to our current knowledge, especially from the material legacy to let". Between 1999 and 2009 10 volumes were published. The series was published as part of Zabern's illustrated books on archeology and was edited by Tilmann Bechert , Rudolf Fellmann , Margot Klee and Annette Nünnerich-Asmus .

Volumes

  • Tilmann Bechert: The provinces of the Roman Empire. Introduction and overview . 1999
  • Thomas Fischer : Noricum . 2002
  • Christian Marek : Pontus et Bithynia. The Roman provinces in northern Asia Minor . 2003
  • Hartwin Brandt : Lycia et Pamphylia. A Roman province in southwest Asia Minor . 2005
  • Nicolae Gudea : Dacia. A Roman province between the Carpathian Mountains and the Black Sea . 2006
  • Tilmann Bechert: Germania Inferior. A province on the northern border of the Roman Empire . 2007
  • Miroslava Mirković: Moesia Superior. A province on the middle Danube . 2007
  • Rumen T. Ivanov: Thracia. A Roman province on the Balkan Peninsula . 2008
  • Pierre Gros : Gallia Narbonensis. A Roman province in the south of France . 2008
  • Mirjana Sanader: Dalmatia. A Roman province on the Adriatic . 2009

Also Günther Hölbls ancient Egypt in the Roman Empire was originally intended for inclusion in this series.

Since then, other volumes with a similar layout on individual Roman provinces and regions have appeared in the illustrated books on archeology , for example:

  • Michael Zahrnt : The Romans in the land of Alexander the Great. History of the provinces of Macedonia and Epirus. 2010
  • Tilmann Bechert: Crete in Roman times. 2011
  • Alain Ferdière: Gallia Lugdunensis. A Roman province in the heart of France. 2011
  • Cinzia Vismara, Philippe Pergola, Rossana Martorelli et al .: Sardinia and Corsica in Roman times. 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tilmann Bechert: The Provinces of the Roman Empire: Introduction and Overview . 1999, p. 2
  2. ^ Günther Hölbl: Ancient Egypt in the Roman Empire. 2, The Temples of Roman Nubia . 2004, p. 3