Cet ouvrage réunit quarante-deux articles illustrant différents
thèmes scientifiques abordés pendant la carrière de Michel Reddé,
directeur d’études à l’École pratique des Hautes Études. Le titre est
emprunté à un passage bien connu de Tacite (Annales, 1.9.5) qui
décrit en ces termes l’état du monde romain en 14 ap. J.-C. : “la mer
océane ou des fleuves lointains servaient de barrières à l’Empire ;
légions, provinces, flottes, tout était lié”.
Ces textes ont été classés en cinq sections (“Le rôle de la mer”,
“Les frontières sahariennes de Rome”, “L’armée romaine, la Gaule, la
Germanie”, “Autour d’Alésia”, “Aspects de la Gaule”). Ils ont été remis
en perspective par des introductions thématiques et ils sont accompagnés
de compléments bibliographiques pour tenir compte de l’avancée des
recherches postérieures à leur publication initiale. En apparence les
sujets traités sont hétérogènes : les flottes, les légions, les
frontières, des provinces aussi éloignées l’une de l’autre que la Gaule
et l’Égypte, des travaux consacrés au limes mais aussi à
l’agriculture… Quel est le rapport ? La réponse est dans Tacite lui-même
: tout était lié, en effet, la sécurité assurée aux frontières par les
légions, la fidélité et la prospérité des provinces, la paix civile et
l’opulence d’un empire centré autour d’une mer intérieure sur lesquelles
les flottes militaires assuraient la continuité du pouvoir et les
communications d’une rive à l’autre.
La plupart de ces articles sont accompagnés, quand c’était possible,
de références à des vidéos, conférences audio, livres audio destinés à
un large public.
Abstract •••
This book brings together forty-two articles illustrating different
scientific themes addressed during the career of Michel Reddé, director
of studies at the École pratique des Hautes Études. The title is
borrowed from a well-known passage by Tacitus (Annals, 1.9.5) which
describes the state of the Roman world in 14 AD in these terms: « the
ocean sea or distant rivers served as barriers to the Empire; legions,
provinces, fleets, everything was linked ». These texts have been
classified into five sections (“The role of the sea”, “Rome’s Saharan
frontiers”, “The Roman army, Gaul, Germania”, “Around Alesia”, “Aspects
of Gaul”). They have been put into perspective by thematic introductions
and are accompanied by bibliographical additions to take account of the
progress of research subsequent to their initial publication. The
subjects treated are apparently heterogeneous: fleets, legions, borders,
provinces as far apart as Gaul and Egypt, works devoted to the limes
but also to agriculture… What is the connection? The answer is in
Tacitus himself: everything was linked, indeed, the security provided on
the borders by the legions, the loyalty and prosperity of the
provinces, the civil peace and opulence of an empire centred around an
inland sea on which the military fleets ensured the continuity of power
and communications from one shore to the other. Most of these
articles are accompanied, where possible, by references to videos, audio
lectures and audio books intended for a wide audience.
The AWOL Index: The bibliographic data presented herein has been programmatically extracted from the content of AWOL - The Ancient World Online (ISSN 2156-2253) and formatted in accordance with a structured data model.
AWOL is a project of Charles E. Jones, Tombros Librarian for Classics and Humanities at the Pattee Library, Penn State University
AWOL began with a series of entries under the heading AWOL on the Ancient World Bloggers Group Blog. I moved it to its own space here beginning in 2009.
The primary focus of the project is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world, but I will also include other kinds of networked information as it comes available.
The ancient world is conceived here as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, my academic home at the time AWOL was launched. That is, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Pacific, from the beginnings of human habitation to the late antique / early Islamic period.
AWOL is the successor to Abzu, a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world, founded at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in 1994. Together they represent the longest sustained effort to map the development of open digital scholarship in any discipline.
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