Submitted by cobalt on February 7, 2008

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Rome

Study of the Roman world is underrepresented and marginalized in mainstream archaeological discourse, at least in Anglophone scholarship. This is astonishing, given Rome's role in the creation of western culture. The histories of over thirty modern countries include extended periods as part of the Roman Empire. Archaeology presents few issues more important to explore greater than the reasons this vast empire came into being, why it eventually transformed into the medieval world, and not least, how such an entity, exceptional in Old World history, stayed together so long.
What is the reason for Roman archaeology's relatively low profile? Is it because Rome is over-familiar, or...

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