Vandals, Romans and Berbers

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Contents: Introduction: Vandals, Romans and Berbers: understanding Late Antique North Africa, A.H. Merrills. Part 1 African Identities: The Vandals: fragments of a narrative, Walter Pohl The settlement of the Vandals in North Africa, Andreas Schwarcz The house of Nubel: rebels or players?, Andy Blackhurst From Arzuges to Rustamids: state formation and regional identity in the pre-Saharan zone, Alan Rushworth. Part 2 Written Culture: 'Romuleis Libicisque litteris': Fulgentius and the 'Vandal Renaissance', Gregory Hays Vandal poets in their context, Judith W. George The perils of panegyric: the lost poem of Dracontius and its consequences, A.H. Merrills The so-called Laterculus Regum Vandalorum et Alanorum: a 6th-century African addition to Prosper Tiro's chronicle?, Roland Steinacher Who wrote the Ostraka from the IlA't de l'Amiraute, Carthage?, Jacqueline F. Godfrey Literacy and private documentation in Vandal North Africa: the case of the Albertini Tablets, Jonathan P. Conant. Part 3 The African Church In Context: Who were the Circumcellions?, Brent D. Shaw From Donatist opposition to Byzantine loyalism: the cult of martyrs in North Africa 350-650, W.H.C. Frend Intentions and audiences: history, hagiography, martyrdom, and confession in Victor of Vita's Historia Persecutionis, Danuta Shanzer Disputing the end of African Christianity, MarkA. Handley. Select bibliography Index.

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