{"product_id":"understanding-integration-in-the-roman-world-9789004545618","title":"Understanding Integration in the Roman World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntegration is a buzzword in the 21st century. However, academics still do not agree on its meaning and, above all, on its consequences. This book offers numerous examples showing that the inhabitants of the Roman Mediterranean were “integrated”, i.e. were aware of the existence of a common framework of coexistence, without this necessarily resulting in a process of cultural convergence. For instance, the Spanish poet Martial explicitly refused to be considered the brother of the Greek Charmenion (10.65): paradoxically, while reaffirming their differences, his satirical epigram confirms the existence of a common frame of reference that encompassed them both. Understanding integration in the Roman world requires paying attention to the complex and varied responses to diversity in Roman times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents   List of Figures and Tables   Abbreviations   Notes on Contributors      1 Foreword: Understanding Integration in the Roman World    Elena Muñiz-Grijalvo and Rosario Moreno Soldevila      Part 1: Integration: A Conceptual Battlefield   2 Integration Revisited: How to Address Culture Change  in the Roman Empire. An Agony in Three Fits    Frederick G. Naerebout      3 Vox diversa: Theoretical Proposals about “Integration”    Alberto Marina Castillo      Part 2: Non-elite and Local Processes of Integration   4 Nationes of Enslaved and Freed Romans    Rose MacLean      5 Integration and Self-Integration of Foreigners in the Roman  Census during the Roman Republic    Cristina Rosillo-López      6 The (Non)Integration of Romans and Italians in Hispania  during the Republic    Some Reflections    Francisco Pina Polo      7 Local Citizenship and Non-elite Integration in Roman Iberia    Louise Revell      Part 3: Integration of Diversity in the Social and Cultural Spheres   8 Roman Women Who Feed: Epula and Integration in Hispania  during the Principate    Carmen Alarcón Hernández      9 Gaining Citizenship: Agonistic Paths to Integration in the  Roman Empire    Rocío Gordillo Hervás      10 Literature and Integration in Martial and Pliny the Younger    Rosario Moreno Soldevila      11 Madness as a Form of Marginality and Barbarism in the Imperial Roman Political Discourse    Juan R. Ballesteros      Part 4: Integration of Diversity in the Religious Sphere   12 Unlikely Imperial Gods. A Reflection on Some Unexpected Results  of the Integration of Emperors into Local Greek Panthea    Fernando Lozano Gómez      13 Estrangement and Rapprochement: The Alleged Egyptian Origin of Graeco-Roman Processions    Elena Muñiz-Grijalvo      14 Sanctuary Narratives and Seafarers’ Votive Offerings    Integration, Continuity and Persistence of Maritime Risk  Management Strategies    Mirella Romero Recio      Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210866876759,"sku":"9789004545618","price":102.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/understanding-integration-in-the-roman-world-9789004545618","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}