Peoples of the Roman World

Zusammenfassung In this highly-illustrated book! Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northerners! Greeks! Egyptians! Jews and Christians. It explores the tension between assimilation and distinctiveness over time! as well as the changes effected in Rome by its multicultural nature. Informationen zum Autor Mary T. Boatwright is Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classical Studies at Duke University. She is the author of several books! including Hadrian and the City of Rome; Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire; The Romans: From Village to Empire! A History of Ancient Rome from Earliest Times to Constantine (with Daniel J. Gargola and Richard J. A. Talbert); and A Brief History of the Romans (with Daniel J. Gargola and Richard J. A. Talbert). Klappentext Examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world! from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northeners! Greeks! Egyptians! Jews and Christians. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Rome and its peoples; 2. Gauls! Celts! Germans! and other 'northerners'; 3. The Greeks! different yet alike; 4. Egypt and Egyptians in Roman imagination and life; 5. The Jews - political! social! or religious threat! or no threat at all?; 6. Christians! a new people; 7. Rome's peoples and Rome.

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Mary T. Boatwright is Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classical Studies at Duke University. She is the author of several books, including Hadrian and the City of Rome; Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire; The Romans: From Village to Empire, A History of Ancient Rome from Earliest Times to Constantine (with Daniel J. Gargola and Richard J. A. Talbert); and A Brief History of the Romans (with Daniel J. Gargola and Richard J. A. Talbert).

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Examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world, from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northeners, Greeks, Egyptians, Jews and Christians.

Résumé
In this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northerners, Greeks, Egyptians, Jews and Christians. It explores the tension between assimilation and distinctiveness over time, as well as the changes effected in Rome by its multicultural nature.

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1. Rome and its peoples; 2. Gauls, Celts, Germans, and other 'northerners'; 3. The Greeks, different yet alike; 4. Egypt and Egyptians in Roman imagination and life; 5. The Jews political, social, or religious threat, or no threat at all?; 6. Christians, a new people; 7. Rome's peoples and Rome.