Title & Author:

Rome the cosmopolis / edited by Catharine Edwards and Greg Woolf.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Description:

xv, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-244) and index.
Cosmopolis: Rome as world city / Catharine Edwards, Greg Woolf -- The triumph of the absurd: Roman street theatre / Mary Beard -- Incorporating the alien: the art of conquest / Catharine Edwards -- Inventing Christian Rome: the role of early Christian art / Jaþs Elsner -- Slavery and the growth of Rome: the transformation of Italy in the second and first centuries BCE / Willem Jongman -- Rivalling Rome: Carthage / Richard Miles -- Migration and the metropolis / Neville Morley -- Germs for Rome / Walter Scheidel -- Embracing Egypt / Caroline Vout -- The city of letters / Greg Woolf.

Summary:

Ancient Rome was a vast and varied metropolis. By coercion and seduction it attracted a population from every province of its empire, as well as foodstuffs, building materials and entertainment from all over the world. What impact did the possession of empire have on the city itself? How did its inhabitants, visitors and subjects comprehend its unique role? How did Rome stay Roman when it encompassed the world? This collection of essays seeks to explore key aspects of the relationship between Rome and its empire.

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ISBN:

0521800056
9780521800051

Subject:

Invloedssferen.
Oudheid.
Rome (Italy) History To 476.
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome (Italie) Histoire Jusqu'à 476.
Italy Rome.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Edwards, Catharine.
Woolf, Greg.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 230608
Call No.: DG63 .R6 2003
Status: Available