Ties of resistance and cooperation: Aedemon, Lusius Quietus and the Baquates

Gaius' decision to dissolve the protectorate of Mauretania and to depose its client king, Ptolemaeus, led to the outbreak of the Revolt of Aedemon (AD 40). This paper will develop a number of innovative thoughts and hypotheses concerning the extent of this rebellion and its possible impact on the deposition of Ptolemaeus, as well as the role of the Romans in its suppression. The main aim is to explore the connection between this revolt, Trajanus' famous general Lusius Quietus (cos. AD 117?), and the Baquates, an indigenous Mauretanian tribe. I will suggest that Lusius Quietus was descended from a chief of a (semi-)nomadic tribe who supported the Roman cause during the Revolt of Aedemon. Considering the setting and dimension of this revolt, as well as the unrest in Mauretania at the time of Lusius Quietus' execution by Hadrianus, I argue that this tribe can be identified as the Baquates. This reconstruction suggests a long-lasting and particularly positive relationship between this tribe and Rome. It allows for a further reconsideration of the relationship between (semi-)nomadic and Roman/sedentary groups in Roman North Africa, to the detriment of one-sided analytical schemes that stress endemic hostility

Adhuc Tacfarinas: the causes of the Tiberian war in North Africa (AD ca. 15-24) and the impact of the conflict on Roman imperial policy

During the reign of Tiberius successive governors of Africa Proconsularis struggled to suppress a serious revolt by a number of semi-nomadic tribes led by Tacfarinas. The conflict can only be explained convincingly as an indigenous act of negative negotiation of the Roman administrative encroachment on tribal territory. An in-depth analysis of the literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence, as well as modern migration patterns, indicates that the rebellion should be perceived as the outcome of cadastral activities, which entailed taxation and confiscations. The actual causes of this rebellion do not support the traditional view of antagonism between agriculturalist and pastoralist communities in North Africa

Many paths to walk: the political and economic integration of nomadic communities in Roman North Africa (I-III cent. A.D.)

The colonial image of endemic political and economic antagonism between nomadic and sedentary groups in the context of Roman North Africa should be discarded. Likewise, the rigid adherence to symbiosis and cooperation in more recent studies is based on a rather one-sided reading of anthropological literature. For the analysis of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources, supported by insights derived from anthropology, shows that political and economic integration trajectories of nomads were much more complex, diverse, and dynamic. Key words: Nomads, integration and insurgence, North Africa, Roman imperialism, coexistence patterns, trans-Saharan trade, clio-anthropolog

Wybrane aspekty integracji peryferii w obrębie Imperium Rzymskiego.

This survey of ancient sources and contemporary theories on Romanization permits us to gain insight into a number of aspects of the integration of the western provinces of the Roman Empire. While Roman literary sources speak in denigrating terms about the (culture of the) subjugated peoples and celebrate Roman domination, the Roman Empire was characterized by its remarkably inclusive character. The affiliation with Roman culture and the acquirement of Roman citizenship provided opportunities to the indigenous elites in the periphery to maintain local social, political and economic power, and to pursue an imperial career. These processes, which were crucial for the empire’s prolonged existence, may have entailed the development of a different type of coreness and peripherality within local peripheral communities, defined by the (deliberated) adoption of Roman traits.Analiza licznych materiałów źródłowych oraz współczesnych teorii dotyczących zjawiska romanizacji pozwala lepiej zrozumieć różne aspekty integracji prowincji zachodnich z Imperium Rzymskim. Z jednej strony, źródła rzymskie mówią pejoratywnie o kulturach ludów podbitych, z drugiej strony, chwalą rzymskie panowanie. Imperium Romanum miało bowiem niezwykle inkluzywny charakter. Afiliacja z kulturą rzymską oraz uzyskanie obywatelstwa rzymskiego dawało miejscowym elitom peryferii możliwość utrzymania politycznej i ekonomicznej władzy nad lokalną społecznością, umożliwiało również realizowanie kariery w obrębie imperialnej struktury władzy. Procesy te miały kluczową rolę w przedłużeniu obecności imperium i prawdopodobnie przyczyniły się do rozwoju różnych rodzajów centrum i peryferii wewnątrz lokalnych peryferyjnych społeczności, zdefiniowanych poprzez przyjęcie cech rzymskich

Many paths to walk. The political and economic integration of nomadic communities in Roman North Africa (I-III cent. A.D.)

The colonial image of endemic political and economic antagonism between nomadic and sedentary groups in the context of Roman North Africa should be discarded. Likewise, the rigid adherence to symbiosis and cooperation in more recent studies is based on a rather one-sided reading of anthropological literature. For the analysis of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources, supported by insights derived from anthropology, shows that political and economic integration trajectories of nomads were much more complex, diverse, and dynamic.</jats:p