Sinews of empire : networks in the Roman Near East and beyond / edited by Håkon Fiane Teigen and Eivind Heldaas Seland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Teigen, Håkon Fiane, editor.

Seland, Eivind Heldaas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

Rome--Relations--Middle East--Congresses.

Rome.

Middle East--Relations--Rome--Congresses.

Middle East.

International relations.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 184 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2017.

Summary:

"A recent surge of interest in network approaches to the study of the ancient world has enabled scholars of the Roman Empire to move beyond traditional narratives of domination, resistance, integration and fragmentation. This relational turn has not only offers tools to identify, map, visualize and, in some cases, even quantify interaction based on a variety of ancient source material, but also provides a terminology to deal with the everyday ties of power, trade, and ideology that operated within, below, and beyond the superstructure of imperial rule. Thirteen contributions employ a range of quantitative, qualitative and descriptive network approaches in order to provide new perspectives on trade, communication, administration, technology, religion and municipal life in the Roman Near East and adjacent regions."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"This volume brings together papers presented at a conference at the Norwegian Institute in Athens in December 2015."--Page ix.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Sinews of empire.

ISBN:

9781785705960

1785705962

OCLC:

989106418