A richly illustrated introduction to the contribution of Roman and provincial coinage to the history of this period, aimed at undergraduates.

Aimed at undergraduate students studying the history of the late Roman Republic and the Principate of Augustus. With almost two hundred coins illustrated and explained, the book provides a self-contained guide to all the relevant numismatic evidence for this period and connects coinage to broader historical debates.

Autorentext
Clare Rowan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick. She bridges the disciplines of Roman history and numismatics, with recognised research excellence, having won a European Research Council Starting Grant, while her teaching excellence has been recognised through numerous awards, including the Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence and an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award for Programmes that Enhance Learning (shared). She is the editor of the Coins at Warwick blog, which encourages and disseminates studies of different coins and what they reveal about the ancient world.

Inhalt

1. Approaching coinage in the late Roman Republic; 2. Competition, legitimacy and civil war (49-44 BC); 3. Competition and conflict after Caesar (44-36 BC); 4. The view from the East: Cleopatra and Mark Antony (38-31 BC); 5. Representing the Augustan principate (31 BC-AD 14); 6. Coins and daily life; Guide to further reading; Appendices: 1. Timeline; 2. Latin numismatic abbreviations; 3. Glossary Andrew Meadows; 4. Denominational systems Andrew Meadows; 5. The production of ancient coinage Andrew Meadows; Bibliography; Index.