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Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
April 2022
Print publication year:
2022
Online ISBN:
9781009256193
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Book description

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.

Reviews

‘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 Source: 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 Source: H-Soz-Kult

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  • Rome: An Empire of Many Nations
    pp i-i
  • Reviews
    pp ii-ii
  • Copyright page
    pp iv-iv
  • Contents
    pp v-vi
  • Figures
    pp vii-viii
  • Contributors
    pp ix-x
  • Acknowledgments
    pp xi-xi
  • Abbreviations
    pp xii-xiv
  • Additional material
    pp xv-xvi
  • Introduction
    pp 1-14
  • Part I - Ethnicity and Identity in the Roman Empire
    pp 15-84
  • 1 - From Rome to Constantinople
    pp 17-28
  • 2 - The Imperial Senate
    pp 29-41
  • Center of a Multinational Imperium
  • 3 - Ethnic Types and Stereotypes in Ancient Latin Idioms
    pp 42-57
  • 4 - Keti, Son of Maswalat
    pp 58-84
  • Ethnicity and Empire
  • Part II - Culture and Identity in the Roman Empire
    pp 85-166
  • 5 - Roman Reception of the Trojan War
    pp 87-99
  • 6 - Claiming Roman Origins
    pp 100-115
  • Greek Cities and the Roman Colonial Pattern
  • 7 - Roman Theologies in the Roman Cities of Italy and the Provinces
    pp 116-134
  • 8 - The Involvement of Provincial Cities in the Administration of School Teaching
    pp 135-145
  • 9 - Many Nations, One Night?
    pp 146-166
  • Historical Aspects of the Night in the Roman Empire
  • Part III - Ethnicity and Identity in the Roman Empire
    pp 167-272
  • The Case of the Jews
  • 12 - Between ethnos and populus
    pp 203-222
  • The Boundaries of Being a Jew
  • 13 - Local Identities of Synagogue Communities in the Roman Empire
    pp 223-238
  • 14 - The Good, the Bad and the Middling
    pp 239-259
  • Roman Emperors in Talmudic Literature*
  • 15 - The Severans and Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi
    pp 260-272
  • Part IV - Iudaea/Palaestina
    pp 273-331

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