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Representations of Empire

Rome and the Mediterranean World

Alan K Bowman editor Martin Goodman editor Simon Price editor Hannah M Cotton editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:10th Oct '02

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The essays in this volume cover the whole of the period in which Rome dominated the Mediterranean world. The belief shared by all the contributors is that the Roman empire is best understood from the standpoint of the Mediterranean world looking in to Rome, rather than from Rome looking out. The papers focus on the development of political institutions in Rome itself and in her empire, and on the nature of the relationship between Rome and her provincial subjects. They also discuss historiographical approaches to different kinds of source material, literary and documentary - including the major Roman historians, the evidence for the pre-Roman near east, and the Christian writers of later antiquity. This volume reflects the immense complexity of the political and cultural history of the ancient Mediterranean, from the late Republic to the age of Augustine.

The variety in this book is testimony to the range of Fergus Millar's interests and influences.
...these are detailed analytical pieces arising from areas of active research. * Lisa Bligh *

ISBN: 9780197262764

Dimensions: 243mm x 162mm x 19mm

Weight: 471g

208 pages