Romanization in the time of Augustus / Ramsay MacMullen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacMullen, Ramsay, 1928-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acculturation--Rome.

Acculturation.

Roman provinces--Administration.

Roman provinces.

Rome--Civilization.

Rome.

Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the lifetime of Augustus (from 63 B.C. to A.D. 14), Roman civilization spread at a remarkable rate throughout the ancient world, influencing such areas as art and architecture, religion, law, local speech, city design, clothing, and leisure and family activities. In his newest book, Ramsay MacMullen investigates why the adoption of Roman ways was so prevalent during this period. Drawing largely on archaeological sources, MacMullen discovers that during this period more than half a million Roman veterans were resettled in colonies overseas, and an additional hundred or more urban centers in the provinces took on normal Italian-Roman town constitutions. Great sums of expendable wealth came into the hands of ambitious Roman and local notables, some of which was spent in establishing and advertising Roman ways. MacMullen argues that acculturation of the ancient world was due not to cultural imperialism on the part of the conquerors but to eagerness of imitation among the conquered, and that the Romans were able to respond with surprisingly effective techniques of mass production and standardization.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

A Short Course in Codes and Ciphers

How Yardley Wrote His Best-Seller

1. All-American Boy

2. His Life's Work

3. A History of American Intelligence before Yardley

4. A Rival

5. Staffers, Shorthand, and Secret Ink

6. The Executive

7. Morning in New York

8. Yardley's Triumph

9. The Fruits of His Victory

10. The Busy Suburbanite

11. End of a Dream

12. The Best-Seller

13. The Critics, the Effects

14. Grub Street

15. A Law Aimed at Yardley

16. Hollywood

17. China

18. Canada

19. A Restaurant of His Own

20. Playing Poker

21. The Measure of a Man

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-12990-4

OCLC:

290525934