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Publisher | OUP Oxford |
ISBN 13 | 9780198150510 |
ISBN 10 | 0198150512 |
Author | Emma Dench |
Book Format | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Book Subtitle | Roman Identities From The Age Of Alexander To The Age Of Hadrian |
Book Description | Modern treatments of Rome have projected in highly emotive terms the perceived problems, or the aspirations, of the present: 'race-mixture' has been blamed for the collapse of the Roman empire; more recently, Rome and Roman society have been depicted as 'multicultural'. Moving beyond these and beyond more traditional, juridical approaches to Roman identity, Emma Dench focuses on ancient modes of thinking about selves and relationships with other peoples, including descent-myths, history, and ethnographies. She explores the relative importance of sometimes closely interconnected categories of blood descent, language, culture and clothes, and territoriality. Rome's creation of a distinctive imperial |
Publication Date | 10-Mar-16 |
Number of Pages | 456 |
Romulus' Asylum hardcover english - 10-Mar-16