Format:
1 online resource (549 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780807876657
Series Statement:
Studies in the History of Greece and Rome Ser v.3
Content:
This volume completes the three-volume collection of Fergus Millar's essays, which, together with his books, transformed the study of the Roman Empire by shifting the focus of inquiry onto the broader Mediterranean world and beyond. The 18 essays presented here include Millar's classic contributions to our understanding of the impact of Rome on the peoples, cultures, and religions of the eastern Mediterranean, and the extent to which Graeco-Roman culture acted as a vehicle for the self-expression of the indigenous cultures. The volume also includes an epilogue by Millar written to conclude the collection.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Part I. The Hellenistic World and Rome -- 1. The Problem of Hellenistic Syria -- 2. The Phoenician Cities: A Case-Study of Hellenisation -- 3. Hellenistic History in a Near Eastern Perspective:The Book of Daniel -- 4. The Background to the Maccabean Revolution: Reflections on Martin Hengel's ''Judaism and Hellenism'' -- 5. Polybius between Greece and Rome -- 6. The Greek City in the Roman Period -- Part II. Rome and the East -- 7. Reflections on the Trials of Jesus -- 8. The Roman Coloniae of the Near East: A Study of Cultural Relations -- 9. Latin in the Epigraphy of the Roman Near East -- 10. Paul of Samosata, Zenobia, and Aurelian: The Church, Local Culture,and Political Allegiance in Third-Century Syria -- 11. Caravan Cities: The Roman Near East and Long-DistanceTrade by Land -- 12. Looking East from the Classical World: Colonialism, Culture, and Trade from Alexander the Great to Shapur I -- Part III. Jews and Others -- 13. Porphyry: Ethnicity, Language, and Alien Wisdom -- 14. Hagar, Ishmael, Josephus, and the Origins of Islam -- 15. Ethnic Identity in the Roman Near East, A.D. 325-450: Language, Religion, and Culture -- 16. Dura-Europos under Parthian Rule -- 17. The Jews of the Graeco-Roman Diaspora between Paganism and Christianity, A.D.312-438 -- 18. Christian Emperors, Christian Church, and the Jews of the Diaspora in the Greek East, A.D. 379-450 -- Author's Epilogue: Re-drawing the Map? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807830307
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780807830307
Language:
English
URL:
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