Rome: An Empire of Many Nations : New Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity and Cultural Identity

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Abstract

The 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.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY
PublisherCambridge University Press
Number of pages410
ISBN (Electronic)1108785565, 1108858783, 9781108785563, 9781108858786
ISBN (Print)1108479456, 9781108479455
StatePublished - 2021

Publication series

NameHumanities
PublisherCambridge University Press

ULI Keywords

  • uli
  • Ethnicity -- Rome
  • Group identity -- Rome
  • Jews -- Rome -- History
  • National characteristics, Roman
  • Religious pluralism -- Rome
  • Romans -- Ethnic identity
  • Roman national characteristics

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