Rome in the East : the transformation of an empire / Warwick Ball.
"Rome in the East provides an illustrated study of the influence of Near Eastern culture on the Roman world, which overturns received wisdom about Rome as the bastion of European culture. In this controversial and provocative study Warwick Ball presents the story of Rome in the light of Rome�...
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Historical background. To the Euphrates. Beyond the Euphrates. Long retreat
- 3. Princely States: Near Eastern kingdoms under Roman protection. Rome and the Arabs. Emesa and the Sun Kings. Judaea, Herod the Great and the Jewish Revolt. Arabia and the Nabataeans. Palmyra and Queen Zenobia. Edessa and the coming of Christendom. Tanukh and Queen Mawiyya. Ghassan and the coming of Islam
- 4. Rome east of the frontiers. Military campaigns. Roman prisoners of war. Roman trade. 'Romano-Buddhist' art
- 5. Towns and cities. Antioch, the imperial city. Macedonian heartland of the north. Euphrates and Mesopotamia. Phoenician Coast. Decapolis. 'Roman' Arabia: Bosra and Shahba.