Globalisation and the Roman World
Globalisation and the Roman World
This book explores a new perspective for understanding the Roman world, using connectivity as a major point of departure. Globalisation is apparent in increased flows of objects, people and ideas and in the creation of translocal consciousness in everyday life. Based on these criteria, there is a case for globalisation in the ancient Roman world. Essential for anyone interested in Romanisation, this volume provides the first sustained critical exploration of globalisation theories in Roman archaeology and history. It is written by an international group of scholars who address a broad range of subjects, including Roman imperialism, economics, consumption, urbanism, migration, visual culture and heritage. The contributors explore the implications of understanding material culture in an interconnected Roman world, highlighting several novel directions for future research.
- Despite wide interest in globalisation and many smaller individual studies, this is the first volume to seriously test the application of theories of globalisation in Roman archaeology and history - it is sure to become the standard reference for this topic
- The contributors are all established scholars at the top of their fields, from Roman archaeology and history to global history and globalisation studies
- Suggests conclusions promising future lines of inquiry that will be essential reading for the next generation of scholarships on topics such as Romanisation, imperialism and material culture
Product details
October 2014Hardback
9781107043749
308 pages
229 × 152 × 19 mm
0.58kg
20 b/w illus. 2 maps
Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. Introductions:
- 1. Globalisations and the Roman world: perspectives and opportunities Martin Pitts and Miguel John Versluys
- 2. Postcolonial and global Rome: the genealogy of empire Richard Hingley
- Part II. Case Studies:
- 3. Globalisation and the Roman economy Neville Morley
- 4. Globalisation, circulation and mass consumption in the Roman world Martin Pitts
- 5. The global and the local in the Roman Empire: connectivity and mobility from an urban perspective Ray Laurence and Francesco Trifilò
- 6. Polybius' global moment and human mobility throughout ancient Italy Elena Isayev
- 7. Roman visual material culture as globalising koine Miguel John Versluys
- 8. Oikoymenh: longue durée perspectives on ancient Mediterranean globality Michael Sommer
- 9. Globalisation and Roman cultural heritage Rob Witcher
- Part III. Perspectives:
- 10. Ancient Rome and globalisation: decentering Rome Jan Nederveen Pieterse
- 11. Global, local and in between: connectivity and the Mediterranean Tamar Hodos.
