Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The legitimation of Vandal power; 2. Flight and communications; 3. The old ruling class under the Vandals; 4. New Rome, new Romans; 5. The Moorish alternative; 6. The dilemma of dissent; Aftermath; Conclusions.

Promotional Information

This is the first systematic study of the changing nature of Roman identity in post-Roman North Africa.

About the Author

Jonathan Conant is Assistant Professor of History at the University of San Diego, where his teaching and research focus is on the ancient and medieval Mediterranean.

Reviews

'Staying Roman is not only intellectually stimulating and an important contribution to the field of study of late antique North Africa, it is noticeably well founded and at the same time a pleasure to read.' Ralf Bockmann, The Medieval Review

'This is a sophisticated volume … excellent and subtle …' Guy Halsall, Early Medieval Europe

'As a starting point for Vandal and Moorish history in this period - still better as a thorough overview of the status quaestionis on the murky world of Byzantine Africa - Conant's book is to be warmly recommended.' A. H. Merrills, The Journal of Roman Studies

'It is impossible to do justice to this finely argued and richly evidenced book in … a short review. Although the book's specific arguments will no doubt provoke continued debate and further research, its overall thesis that Roman cultural identity was paradigmatic throughout the period is highly convincing and will hopefully inform studies of 'long' late antiquity elsewhere in the post-Roman West.' Jamie Wood, Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean