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Being Greek under Rome: Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire
Hardback
Main Details
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Being Greek under Rome: Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Simon Goldhill
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:404 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 159 |
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Category/Genre | World history - BCE to c 500 CE History of religion |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521663175
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Classifications | Dewey:937 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
Illustrations |
2 Maps; 1 Halftones, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
7 June 2001 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
These especially commissioned essays open up a fascinating and novel perspective on a crucial era of western culture. In the second century CE the Roman empire dominated the Mediterranean, but Greek culture maintained its huge prestige. At the same time, Christianity and Judaism were vying for followers against the lures of such an elite cultural life. This book looks at how writers in Greek from all areas of Empire society respond to their political position, to intellectual authority, to religions and social pressures. It explores the fascinating cultural clashes from which Christianity emerged to dominate the Empire. It presents a series of brilliant insights into how the culture of Empire functions and offers a fascinating and new understanding of the long history of imperialism and cultural conflict.
Reviews'... this is a rich and stimulating collection ... the issue of Greek cultural identity and self-fashioning is well explored through an impressive variety of detail.' Journal of Roman Studies
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