Empire and ideology in the Graeco-Roman world : selected papers / Benjamin Isaac.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isaac, Benjamin H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Rome--Politics and government--284-476.

Politics and government.

Greece--History.

Greece.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 372 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Benjamin Isaac is one of the most distinguished historians of the ancient world, with a number of landmark monographs to his name. This volume collects most of Benjamin Isaac's published articles and book chapters of the last two decades, many of which are not easy to access, and republishes them for the first time along with some brand new chapters. The focus is on Roman concepts of state and empire and mechanisms of control and integration. Isaac also discusses ethnic and cultural relationships in the Roman Empire and the limits of tolerance and integration, as well as attitudes to foreigners and minorities, including Jews. The book will appeal to scholars and students of ancient, imperial, and military history, as well as to those interested in the ancient history of problems which still resonate in today's societies."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Roma Aeterna

Roman victory displayed: symbols, allegories, and personifications?

Army and violence in the Roman world

Innovation and the practice of warfare in the ancient world

Core-periphery notions

Names: ethnic, geographic, and administrative

Attitudes towards provincial intellectuals in the Roman Empire

Proto-racism in Graeco-Roman antiquity

The Barbarian in Greek and Latin literature

Romans and nomads in the fourth century

A multicultural Mediterranean?

Latin in cities of the Roman Near East

Ancient antisemitism

Roman religious policy and the Bar Kokhba War

Jews, Christians, and others in Palestine: the evidence from Eusebius

Roman organization in the Arabah in the fourth century AD

Hatra against Rome and Persia: from success to destruction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index.

ISBN:

9781107135895

1107135893

OCLC:

983191263