Peoples of the Roman World

Informationen zum Autor Mary T. Boatwright is Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classical Studies at Duke University. She is the author of several books, including Hadrian and the City of Rome; Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire; The Romans: From Village to Empire, A History of Ancient Rome from Earliest Times to Constantine (with Daniel J. Gargola and Richard J. A. Talbert); and A Brief History of the Romans (with Daniel J. Gargola and Richard J. A. Talbert). Klappentext In 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. In 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. It explores the tension between assimilation and distinctiveness over time, as well as the changes effected in Rome by its multicultural nature. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Mary T Boatwright, Mary T. Boatwright, Mary T. (Duke University Boatwright, Mary Taliaferro Boatwright, Boatwright Mary T.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2012
• EAN: 9780521840620
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84062-0
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Introduction to Roma; Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization; Cambridge Introduction to Roma
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory