Modern Perceptions of Roman-Scandinavian Relations: Research History and Interpretations

TY - CHAP

T1 - Modern Perceptions of Roman-Scandinavian Relations

T2 - Research History and Interpretations

AU - Grane, Thomas

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - This article describes the modern research history of connections between Scandinavian Iron Age societies and the Roman Empire focusing more or less on the last half century. In this time, there has been a significant increase in Danish excavations of Roman Iron Age sites, of which several have proved to be of key importance to interpretations of the nature of the relationship between the Empire and Scandinavia. Subsequent scholarly investigations into the different elements of the Roman Iron Age have produced extensive new knowledge about all aspects ofthis particular period.

AB - This article describes the modern research history of connections between Scandinavian Iron Age societies and the Roman Empire focusing more or less on the last half century. In this time, there has been a significant increase in Danish excavations of Roman Iron Age sites, of which several have proved to be of key importance to interpretations of the nature of the relationship between the Empire and Scandinavia. Subsequent scholarly investigations into the different elements of the Roman Iron Age have produced extensive new knowledge about all aspects ofthis particular period.

M3 - Book chapter

T3 - TRAC Themes in Roman Archaeology

SP - 145

EP - 183

BT - 'Romans’ and ‘Barbarians’ Beyond the Frontiers

A2 - Gonzalez Sanchez, Sergio

A2 - Gugliemi, Alexandra

PB - Oxbow Books

CY - Oxford

ER -