The volume resulted from annual meetings of the study groups from 2013-17 and contains
bilingual forewords of cluster spokespersons and editors an introduction [Gutsfeld] twelve
case studies and a bilingual conclusive paper on processes of Romanisation in general. The
volume focussed on the general topic of the description of processes of Romanisation on the
basis of the guidelines of continuity and discontinuity. The discussion was based on the
theoretical concept of the French ancient historian Hervé Inglebert published in 2005. In the
contributions of the book the applicability of Inglebert's model to the archaeological and
numismatic reality were tested critically. This resulted in a presentation of case studies from
all over the Imperium Romanum and thus bridged the gap between the Iberian Peninsula in the
West and Egypt and the Orient in the East. Hereby it became quite clear that Inglebert's
terminological instruments are very suitable for the description of phenomena of Romanisation
because of his structuring perspective and can therefore generate considerable new knowledge
and create much scientific benefit.
