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Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical World
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Listof Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Romanization: History and Mythology -- Moving Beyond Rome -- Chapter Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 1 The beauty of the Oikumene has two edges: Nurturing Roman Imperial...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newark
: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
, 2020
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6357749 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Listof Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Romanization: History and Mythology -- Moving Beyond Rome -- Chapter Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 1 The beauty of the Oikumene has two edges: Nurturing Roman Imperialism in the "Glocalizing" traditions of the East -- Hellenistic Globalization -- Hellenistic oikumene and Cultural koine -- The Post-Hellenistic context -- Rome on the Western Edges -- Orientalizing or Globalizing Rome -- The Donations of Alexandria -- The new dynastic center -- Integrating the Post-Hellenistic world -- The Deceitful Oikumene -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 "Triggered identity": The use of Macedonian ethnic by Blaundos in confrontation with the Roman Empire -- I - General History of Blaundos -- The Hellenistic Period -- The Roman Period -- II - Analysis of the epigraphic and numismatic evidence of Blaundos -- General methodology -- The chronological arc of the civic coinages of Blaundos -- The cultural identity of Blaundos and the Macedonian ethnic in the numismatic evidence -- Civic coins issued in the Roman Republican period (133-31 BCE) -- The cultural identity of Blaundos and Macedonian ethnic in the epigraphic evidence -- III - Conclusion: the use of the Macedonian ethnic by Blaundos in the Roman Imperial period as case of "triggered identity" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Epigraphic and Numismatic Publications -- Chapter 3 The population of Siscia in the light of epigraphy -- The Earliest Research on Pannonia -- Early Studies of the Population of Siscia -- The Lack of Pannonians in Pannonia -- Epigraphic Sources: Finding the Native Population -- Epigraphic Sources: Native and Roman Tendencies -- Conclusion: Epigraphy and the Limits of Historic Visibility -- Notes -- Bibliography -- AIJ. Nomenclator provinciarum Europae Latinarum et Galliae Cisalpinae -- Onomasticon Provinciarum Europae Latinarum -- Repertorium nominum gentilium et cognominum Latinorum -- RMD -- GENERAL -- Chapter 4 Roman presence in Athens in the light of epigraphic sources1 -- Background History: Athens in the Hellenistic period -- The Romans in Athens in Wartime -- The Roman Population of Delos: Merchants, bankers and Wholesalers -- The Ephebes -- Religion and festivals -- Roman and Italic Members of the Community -- Final Considerations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources -- Websites -- Chapter 5 Global and local in the sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods in Marathon: The construction of a cultural identity in Roman Greece1 -- Introduction -- The Sanctuary -- Herodes Atticus -- Cultural Identity and Globalizing features -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Ancient Sources -- Chapter 6 Consciousness of connectivity: Roman temples in southern Syria -- Connectivity -- Architecture -- Main deities with Greek names -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 Macedonian, Greek, or Egyptian? Navigating the royal additive identities of Ptolemy I Soter and Ptolemy II Philadelphus1 -- Introduction -- Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in the Hellenistic World -- Legitimacy and the Manifestation of early Ptolemaic Royal Identity -- Ptolemy I Soter -- Ptolemy I and Greco-Macedonian Identity -- Ptolemy I and Egyptian Identity -- Ptolemy I's Hybridizing and Hellenic Kingship -- Ptolemy II Philadelphus -- Ptolemy II's Greco-Macedonian Legitimacy -- Ptolemy II's Egyptian Legitimacy -- Ptolemy II's Hybridizing Egyptian and Hellenic Kingship -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 Being Mithraist: Embracing 'other' in the Roman cultural milieu -- The Persian figure of Mithras in the Roman tauroctony -- Notes -- Bibliography. Chapter 9 "There are always two sides to every story": Roman rule, cultural continuities and ethnic identity in southern Hispania1 -- Introduction -- The Phoenician communities of the Iberian Peninsula under Roman rule -- A hybrid identity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10 Unlocking ritual performances in the Romano-British countryside: How small finds and structured deposits enrich our understanding of provincial priesthoods -- Introduction. Searching for "material" priesthood1 -- Instances of processions at temple sites -- Brigstock, Northamptonshire -- Wanborough, Surrey -- Divination practices at sacred sites -- Felmingham Hall, Norfolk -- Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire -- Woodeaton, Oxfordshire -- Materializing the priestly use of sacred spaces -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11 Purification through puppies: Dog symbolism and sacrifice in the Mediterranean world -- Canine Imagery in Roman Britain -- Canine Sacrifice and Burial in Healing Contexts: The earliest examples -- Conceptions of Disease and Treatment: finding common ground -- Canine Sacrifice in the Classical Period: Divergent Traditions -- Diversity and Consistency -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12 Communities at the edges of the Roman world: The perception of identity in the Roman Iron Age Barbaricum -- Introduction -- Terminology -- The examination of identities in the Barbaricum from a traditional perspective -- Changing the perspective on identity -- The examination of archaeological remains from a new perspective -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 13 Deconstructing "Balkan Latin" -- The synonymic terms of 'Balkan Latin' -- The perception of the Balkans in Antiquity -- The beginning of the use of the term 'Balkan Latin' -- 'Balkan Latin' or Romance? -- Two approaches to 'Balkan Latin'. Balkan sprachbund -- United Balkans -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 14 The importance of being earnest: Why precise language matters -- Introduction -- Basic theory of linguistic signs -- The origin of misunderstanding -- 'Romanization' -- Sex and Gender as opposed to spol -- Identity and its uses -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 15 The dictatorship of identity: Soviet scholarship and Roman imperialism -- Introduction: Why study Soviet scholarship? -- Current State of Research -- Politics projected to the past: cultural background and historical context -- Issues and numbers: measuring Soviet scholarship of Roman imperialism -- In search of new understanding: features of the Soviet view and imperialism -- Conclusion: the paradox of Soviet scholarship -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (291 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781119630722 |
