Economic relations between the cities and Berber tribes in the roman North Africa of the era of the Antonines

Author(s):  G.V. Uskov, Yaroslavl State University P.G. Demidov, Yaroslavl, Russia, ggu-03@mail.ru

Issue:  Volume 46, № 3

Rubric:  Topical issues of world history

Annotation:  The article analyzes the economic relations between the cities, which were the centers of the Roman civilization in Africa, and the local population. In the II century North African provinces of the Roman Empire administratively consisted of cities that had the status of a municipality or Roman colonies, large estates and Berber tribes, which differed in their position. In the administration of the provinces the Antonins relied primarily on the urban estate of the decurions. Hence the policy of building new cities, giving them privileges, regulating city life. At the same time, the Berber tribes lived in the neighborhood, which could be considered as a source of military danger. The analyzed data of epigraphy and narrative sources make it possible to assert that in the II century between cities and tribes actively developed trade contacts. The city could act as a point of exchange, which served the neighbori

Keywords:  Roman Empire, Nerva-Antonine dynasty, provinces, North Africa, Berbers

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