Social Factors in the Latinization of the Roman West

Name: Social Factors in the Latinization of the Roman West
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Cover
Social Factors in the Latinization of the Roman West
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
Abbreviations
1: Social Dimensions of Latinization
1 Divine Latinization
2 Social Dimensions and Challenging Assumptions
3 Voices of the Provinces
4 Policy Distraction
5 Complexity of Factors and Issues of Evidence: The Army
6 The Future of Latinization
2: Latinization, Citizenship, and the Epigraphic Habit
1 Latinization, Local Languages, and Epigraphic Cultures in the Western Mediterranean
1.1 The Sources for the Linguistic Change: The Local Languages
1.2 Inscriptions and Epigraphic Cultures
1.3 West and East
1.4 Latin, the Language of Power and Culture
2 Western Roman Epigraphic Culture and the Latin Language
3 Epigraphic Culture, Latinization, and Roman Citizenship
4 A View from the Iberian Peninsula
5 Concluding Remarks
3: Cities, Epigraphies, and Latinization: A Sociolinguistic View on the Hispaniae
1 Introduction
2 Sociolinguistic Models
3 Latinization on the Iberian Peninsula
4 First Linguistic Contacts: Trade, Settlement, and Conquest
5 The Spread of Cities: Colonization and Latinization
6 Latinization beyond the coloniae
7 Urban and Epigraphic Boom: Latin and Status
8 Contact-Induced Social Stratification: The Local Elites and the Wider Community
9 Conclusions
4: Latin, Literacy, and the Roman Economy
1 Introduction
2 Slavery
3 Traders, Translation, and Transaction Costs
3.1 Interpreters
4 Mobile Craftsmen
4.1 Miners
4.2 Potters
5 Education and Literacy
6 Conclusion
5: The Role of the Non-Elitein Spreading Latin in Roman Britain
1 Introduction
2 Latin in Pre-Roman Late Iron Age Britain
3 Social Factors in the Spread of Latin in Londinium
3.1 Society in Early Londinium
3.2 The Spread of Latin Writing in Londinium
3.3 The Spread of Writing Materials in Londinium
4 Conclusions
6: Mobility, Roads, and Milestones: Aspects of the Use of Latin in the Roman Empire
1 Setting the Scene: A Sanctuary at the Edge of the North Sea
2 Some Considerations on Context and Methods
3 The Significance of the Traffic Infrastructure and Mobility (a Short Overview)
4 Road Inscriptions and Milestones
5 The Celtic leuga
6 Concluding Thoughts
7: Learning Latin in the Roman Army
1 Introduction
2 Numbers
3 Documents Written in Latin
4 Who Needed to Know Latin?
5 Students and Teachers of Latin in the Army
6 Was the Roman Army a Major Vector of Linguistic Change?
8: The Role of Education in the Latinization of the Roman West
1 Introduction
2 The Role of the State
3 Provincial Education
4 Pupils and the Level of Education
5 Conclusion
9: Law and Latinization in Rome's Western Provinces
1 Law: Latin and the Roman Law as Markers of Power and Exclusivity
2 Justice: The Possibility of Roman Adjudication
3 Help: Magical Tablets and Latinization
4 Conclusion
10: Religion, Language Maintenance, and Language Shift: Dedications, Cult Places, and Latinization in Roman Gaul
1 Introduction
2 Religion and Latinization in Narbonensis: The Epigraphic Record of Pre-Augustan Tolosa and the Earliest Temple with Central Plan in Gaul
3 Aspects of Religion and Latinization in Gallia Comata: The Persistence of Gaulish in the Epigraphy of Alesia
4 The Pillar of the nautae: Interweaving or Juxtaposition of Language and Religion?
5 Domains for the Persistence of Gaulish?
6 Final Thoughts
11: Christianization and Latinization
1 Introduction
2 From Greek to Latin
3 A Missionary Design?
4 A Return to Greek?
5 Christianization, Latin, and Vernacular Languages in the Roman Empire
6 A View from the East
7 Routes for Latinization in Christian Contexts
8 Christianization, Latin, and Vernacular Languages in Successor Kingdoms
9 Conclusions
12: The Attitude of the Roman Emperors towards Language Practices
1 Introduction
2 The First Julio-Claudian emperors
2.1 Augustan Beginnings
2.2 After Augustus
3 From the Julio-Claudians until Constantine the Great
4 From Constantine's Death to Justinian's Reign
5 Conclusion
13: Social Factors in Latinization: Perspectives and Future Challenges
1 Social Factors Addressed
2 Micro-Worldsand Multiple Roles
3 Latin, not 'Roman' as a Language
References
Index
Index Locorum
Epigraphic and Papyrological Sources

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