Rome: An Empire of Many Nations
Rome: An Empire of Many Nations
Margalit Finkelberg, Tel-Aviv University
Yuval Shahar, Tel-Aviv University
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USDThe center of gravity in Roman studies has shifted far from the upper echelons of government and administration in Rome or the Emperor's court to the provinces and the individual. The multi-disciplinary studies presented in this volume reflect the turn in Roman history to the identities of ethnic groups and even single individuals who lived in Rome's vast multinational empire. The purpose is less to discover another element in the Roman Empire's 'success' in governance than to illuminate the variety of individual experience in its own terms. The chapters here, reflecting a wide spectrum of professional expertise, range across the many cultures, languages, religions and literatures of the Roman Empire, with a special focus on the Jews as a test-case for the larger issues. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
- Provides a vigorous new perspective of Empire and imperialism, from the point of view of ethnicity and the subjects of the Empire
- Demonstrates the benefits of adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to the issues
- Includes numerous new insights from a wide range of distinguished contributors
- This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
Reviews & endorsements
'I recommend this scholarly work for anyone interested in Roman studies and specifically curious about the diversity within the Roman Empire. The essays include a breadth of disciplines and perspectives and a wide range of topics that invites further investigation and study. The information was accessible, and even nonspecialists in certain fields or students simply interested in learning more will find something to appreciate and enjoy.' Rubin and Yi James and McClain, The Review of Biblical Literature
'… advances interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and inclusive approaches to the ancient Mediterranean world, notwithstanding the abundance of perspectives and methodologies that remain to be explored.' Nandini Pandey, H-Soz-Kult
Product details
April 2022Paperback
9781009256223
426 pages
243 × 170 × 21 mm
0.75kg
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Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Part I. Ethnicity and Identity in the Roman Empire:
- 1. From Rome to Constantinople Benjamin Isaac
- 2. The imperial senate: center of a multinational empire Werner Eck
- 3. Ethnic types and stereotypes in Ancient Latin idioms Daniela Dueck
- 4. Keti, son of Masawalat: ethnicity and empire Brent D. Shaw
- Part II. Ethnicity and Identity in the Roman Empire:
- 5. Roman reception of the Trojan war Margalit Finkelberg
- 6. Claiming Roman origins: Greek cities and the Roman colonial pattern Cédric Brélaz
- 7. Roman theologies in the cities of Italy and the provinces John Scheid
- 8. The involvement of provincial cities in the administration of school teaching Ido Israelowich
- 9. Many nations, one night? Historical aspects of the night in the Roman Empire Angelos Chaniotis
- Part III. Ethnicity and Identity in the Roman Empire: the Case of the Jews:
- 10. Religious pluralism in the Roman Empire: did Judaism test the limits of Roman tolerance? Erich S. Gruen
- 11. Rome's attitude to Jews and Judaea after the great rebellion – beyond raison d'état? Alexander Yakobson
- 12. Between ethnos and populus: the boundaries of being a Jew Youval Rotman
- 13. Local identities of synagogue communities in the Roman Empire Jonathan J. Price
- 14. The good the bad and the middling: Roman emperors in Talmudic literature Yuval Shahar
- 15. The severans and rabbi Judah ha-Nasi Aharon Oppenheimer
- Part IV. Iudaea/Palaestina:
- 16. The Roman legionary base in Legio-Kefar 'Othnay' – the evidence from the small finds Yotam Tepper
- 17. The camp of the legion X Fretensis and the emergence of Aelia capitolina Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah
- Bibliography
- Indexes.
