Capital continuous

This book assumes an archaeological perspective as an important counterpoint and addition to the historic image. Concentrating on Carthage and two larger regions in modern Tunisia, the archaeological evidence is studied with a specific interest on the behavior of local leading classes. Within the many signs of material continuity, the way the Vandal kings understood and executed their rule over Africa has produced some evidence that also points at the decisive changes that came with the

English Summary: The Vandal period in North Africa has aroused the interest of historians since long as an intermediate period in late antique North Africa, spanning over much of the fifth and the early sixth centuries until the Vandal kingdom was conquered by the Byzantine Empire. Most studies have concentrated on the historic sources, through which a nuanced picture of the Vandal era was gained in recent years. This book assumes an archaeological perspective as an important counterweight and addition to the historic image. Concentrating on Carthage and two larger regions in modern Tunisia, the archaeological evidence is studied with a specific interest on the behaviour of local leading classes. Within the many signs of material continuity, the way the Vandal kings understood and executed their rule over Africa has produced some evidence that also points at the decisive changes that came with the time. German Description: “Capital continuous” beschaftigt sich mit der vandalischen Epoche in Nordafrika im 5. und fruhen 6. Jahrhundert aus archaologischer Sicht. Rekonstruiert wird im ersten Teil des Buches, wie sich Karthago wahrend der vandalischen Zeit entwickelte und auf welche Art und Weise es die Hauptstadt des Konigreichs wurde. Im zweiten Teil der Studie werden zwei grossere Regionen im zentralen Nordafrika im Hinblick auf ihre Beziehungen zur Hauptstadt und auf die Veranderungen, die sich durch die politischen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen in den Stadten und ihren fuhrenden Gesellschaftsschichten vollzogen, betrachtet.

Ralf Bockman born 1974, studied Prehistory, Cultural Anthropology and Classics in Hamburg, Lisbon, Berlin, Cambridge and Munich and received his PhD in Classics from the University of Munich. Currently research fellow at the Rome Department of the German Archaeological Institute. His main area of research is Late Antiquity in the Western Mediterranean, archaeologically he worked predominantly in Carthage, actual projects deal with early Christianity in North Africa.

• By (author) Ralf Bockmann

"Overall, Capital continuous represents an exeellent summary of the extant material evidenee for Vandal Afriea. 1t marshals this evidenee in eombination with prudent use of some of the more important literary texts for the period to produee series of thought-provoking conclusions on the nature of Vandal governance and elite life. Ralf Bockmann has made a valuable contribution to the flourishing debate on Afriea und er the Vandals." Von Robin Whelan In: Gottinger Forum fur Altertumswissenschaft 16 (2013) 1097-1101, http://gfa.gbv.de/dr,gfa,016,2013,r,15.pdf, S., 1097-1101.
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„Overall, Capital continuous represents an exeellent summary of the extant material evidenee for Vandal Afriea. 1t marshals this evidenee in eombination with prudent use of some of the more important literary texts for the period to produee series of thought-provoking conclusions on the nature of Vandal governance and elite life. Ralf Bockmann has made a valuable contribution to the flourishing debate on Afriea und er the Vandals.“<br/><br/>Von Robin Whelan<br/><br/>In: Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft 16 (2013) 1097-1101, <a target="_blank" href="http://gfa.gbv.de/dr,gfa,016,2013,r,15.pdf">http://gfa.gbv.de/dr,gfa,016,2013,r,15.pdf</a>, S., 1097-1101.<br/><br/>--------------------------------------<br/>„As a conclusion, Bockmann's work is a worthy one concerning several topics as the importance of Carthage from every possible point of view, the hybridation between Romano-African and Vandal elites, the survey of archaeological remains dated during Vandal time and several other themes. On the other hand, there are certain approaches that are polemic or are subject to scholarly debate. However, discuss is historiography. Finally, there are some rude historical mistakes that the author should revise if he has the chance of producing a second edition of this book. Mistakes as saying that Valentinian III was the younger brother of Honorius (9) or that Guntheric was Gaiseric's father when both were sons of the Vandal king Godegisel (118). On the other hand, it's a pity than the author didn't employ more images in such a monograph where archaeology is such a fundamental tool and there are so many sites reviewed.“<br/><br/>Von David Álvarez Jiménez<br/><br/>In: Sehpunkte. Rezensionsorgan für Geschichtswissenschaften Ausgabe 13 (2013) Nr. 11, (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.sehepunkte.de/2013/11/23654.html">http://www.sehepunkte.de/2013/11/23654.html</a>, 26.11.2013, 16:40.)<br/>----------------------------------------<br/>Capital continuous represents an excellent summary of the extant material evidence for Vandal Africa. It marshals this evidence in combination with prudent use of some of the more important literary texts for the period to produce a series of thought-provoking conclusions on the nature of Vandal governance and elite life. Ralf Bockmann has made valuable contribution to the flourishing debate on Africa under the Vandals.<br/><br/>Robin Whelan<br/><br/>In: Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaften. 16 (2013). S. 1097-1101.<br/><a target="_blank" href="http://gfa.gbv.de/dr,gfa016,2013,r,15.pdf">http://gfa.gbv.de/dr,gfa016,2013,r,15.pdf</a> (14.05.2013,12:36)<br/>-----------------------------------------------------<br/>„(Der Band hat) zur Erforschung des spätantiken Nordafrika einen wertvollen Beitrag geleistet (...). (Die) im Wesentlichen durch die Aufbereitung der archäologischen Hinterlassenschaften erbrachten Ergebnisse und Thesen werden mit Sicherheit der zukünftigen Forschung eine solide Basis bieten“<br/><br/>Guido M. Berndt<br/><br/>In: Bonner Jahrbücher, Band 2013, 2013, S. 489-492.
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