Description
Book SynopsisAtimely andacademically-significantcontributionto scholarship oncommunity, identity, and globalization in the RomanandHellenisticworlds Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical Worldexaminestheconstruction ofpersonal and communal identities in the ancient world,exploringhow globalism, multi-culturalism, and other macro events influencedmicro identitiesthroughout the Hellenistic and Roman empires. This innovative volumediscusseswhere contact and the sharing of ideas was occurringin the time period,and appliesmodern theories based on networks and communication to historical and archaeological data.Anew generation of internationalscholarschallenge traditional views ofClassicalhistoryand offer original perspectives on the impact globalizing trends had on localized areasinsights that resonate with similar issues today. Thissingular resourcepresents a broad, multi-national view rarely found inwesterncollected volumes, includingSerbian,Macedonian,andRussianscholarship onthe Roman
Table of ContentsList of Tables v
List of Illustrations vi
List of Contributors ix
Introduction 1
1 The beauty of the Oikumene has two edges: Nurturing Roman Imperialism in the “Glocalizing” traditions of the East 7
Ljuben Tevdovski
2 “Triggered identity”: The use of Macedonian ethnic by Blaundos in confrontation with the Roman Empire 29
Luca Mazzini
3 The population of Siscia in the light of epigraphy 47
Ivan Radman-Livaja
4 Roman presence in Athens in the light of epigraphic sources 63
Aleksandar Simić
5 Global and local in the sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods in Marathon: The construction of a cultural identity in Roman Greece 79
Dafni Maikidou-Poutrino
6 Consciousness of connectivity: Roman temples in southern Syria 97
Francesca Mazzilli
7 Macedonian, Greek, or Egyptian? Navigating the royal additive identities of Ptolemy I Soter and Ptolemy II Philadelphus 119
Rachel J. Mittelman
8 Being Mithraist: Embracing ‘other’ in the Roman cultural milieu 139
Nina Mazhjoo
9 “There are always two sides to every story”: Roman rule, cultural continuities and ethnic identity in southern Hispania 155
Francisco Machuca Prieto
10 Unlocking ritual performances in the Romano-British countryside: How small finds and structured deposits enrich our understanding of provincial priesthoods 173
Alessandra Esposito
11 Purification through puppies: Dog symbolism and sacrifice in the Mediterranean world 189
Aaron W. Irvin and Jason Lundock
12 Communities at the edges of the Roman world: The perception of identity in the Roman Iron Age Barbaricum 209
Kala Drewniak
13 Deconstructing “Balkan Latin” 225
Dragana Kunčer
14 The importance of being earnest: Why precise language matters 243
Kaja Stemberger Flegar
15 The dictatorship of identity: Soviet scholarship and Roman imperialism 255
Anton Y. Baryshnikov
Index 271
