Peoples of the Roman World
Peoples of the Roman World
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GBPIn this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northerners, Greeks, Egyptians, Jews and Christians. She explores the tension between assimilation and distinctiveness in the Roman world over time, as well as the changes effected in Rome by its multicultural nature. Underlining the fundamental importance of diversity in Rome's self-identity, the book explores Roman tolerance of difference and community as the Romans expanded and consolidated their power and incorporated other peoples into their empire. Peoples of the Roman World provides an accessible account of Rome's social, cultural, religious and political history, exploring the rich literary, documentary and visual evidence for these peoples and Rome's reactions to them.
- Multiple maps and unusual illustrations
- Accessible to non-specialists and non-students because of its glossary, timeline and careful explanation of places and terms
- An overview of five distinct peoples in the Roman world that also focuses on what it meant to be 'Roman'
Reviews & endorsements
'… there is no other book that might plausibly be used to introduce this topic to an undergraduate audience and as such it is likely to be widely influential as a textbook… this short book is an exceptional achievement.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Product details
April 2012Paperback
9780521549943
256 pages
228 × 152 × 12 mm
0.49kg
61 b/w illus. 6 colour illus. 11 maps
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Table of Contents
- 1. Rome and its peoples
- 2. Gauls, Celts, Germans, and other 'northerners'
- 3. The Greeks, different yet alike
- 4. Egypt and Egyptians in Roman imagination and life
- 5. The Jews – political, social, or religious threat, or no threat at all?
- 6. Christians, a new people
- 7. Rome's peoples and Rome.
