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Book SynopsisThis volume offers an expansive approach to interactions between Romans and those beyond the borders of Rome. The range of papers included here is wide, both in terms of subject matter and with respect to approach. That said, a number of important themes bind the essays. Who is an insider, and who the outsider? How were these categories of person, or identity, fashioned and/or recognized in antiquity? How shall we recognize them now? What are the categories, or standards, for measuring or determining inside and outside in the Roman world? And then, of course, what are the repercussions when inside and outside come into contact? What happens when the outside is in, or the inside out?
Trade Review"The entire work broadens our understanding of the Roman Empire as a fluid system in constant contact with the worlds and systems beyond its frontiers. This is an important endeavor at a time when trends in scholarship on Rome are focusing increasingly on the reciprocal nature of relationships between Rome and the territories within its sphere of influence. (...) Many of the individual contributions also draw on recent scholarship in other fields, such as anthropology, sociology, and science and technology studies, which greatly enhance the theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of Rome and the worlds beyond its frontiers." Katheryn Whitcomb, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017.07.43
Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Introduction Michael Peachin and Daniëlle Slootjes Part 1 - Politics & Military 1 Rome, Pontus, Thrace and the Military Disintegration of the World Beyond the Hellenistic East Toni Ñaco del Hoyo and Isaías Arrayás-Morales 2 Estranging the Familiar—Rome’s Ambivalent Approach to Britain Gil Gambash 3 Rome and Persia in the Middle of the Third Century AD (230–266) Lukas de Blois 4 The Emperor Beyond the Frontiers: A Double-Mirror as a ‘Political Discourse’ Stéphane Benoist Part 2 - Politics, Economics, & Society 5 Turning the Inside Out: The Divergent Experiences of Gaul and Africa during the Third Century AD Dan Hoyer 6 Raiders to Traders? Economics of Integration among Nomadic Communities in North Africa Wim Broekaert and Wouter Vanacker 7 Transfer römischer Technik jenseits der Grenzen: Aneignung und Export Günther Schörner 8 Perceptions from Beyond: Some Observations on Non-Roman Assessments of the Roman Empire from the Great Eastern Trade Routes Anne Kolb and Michael A. Speidel 9 Hospitium: Understanding ‘Ours’ and ‘Theirs’ on the Roman Frontier John Nicols Part 3 - Material Culture and Culture 10 Palmyrenes in Transtiberim: Integration in Rome and Links to the Eastern Frontier Blair Fowlkes-Childs 11 Rival Powers, Rival Images: Diocletian’s Palace at Split in Light of Sasanian Palace Design Anne Hunnell Chen 12 The Reception of Figurative Art Beyond the Frontier: Scandinavian Encounters with Roman Numismatics Nancy L. Wicker Index of Places Index of Names General Index
