Romulus' asylum : Roman identities from the age of Alexander to the age of Hadrian /

Modern treatments of Rome have projected in highly emotive terms the perceived problems, or the aspirations, of the present: 'race-mixture' has been blamed for the collapse of the Roman empire; more recently, Rome and Roman society have been depicted as 'multicultural'. Moving be...

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1. Verfasser:
Dench, Emma
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Zusammenfassung:
Modern treatments of Rome have projected in highly emotive terms the perceived problems, or the aspirations, of the present: 'race-mixture' has been blamed for the collapse of the Roman empire; more recently, Rome and Roman society have been depicted as 'multicultural'. Moving beyond these and beyond more traditional, juridical approaches to Roman identity, Emma Dench focuses on ancient modes of thinking about selves and relationships with other peoples, including descent-myths,history, and ethnographies. She explores the relative importance of sometimes closely interconnected categories of bl
Umfang:
1 online resource (458 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-441) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-171001-6
9786612199301
1-280-75340-4
9786610753406
0-19-151834-4
1-4237-5304-6
Schlagworte:
National characteristics, Roman.
Ethnicity > Rome.
Group identity > Rome.
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