Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Volume 3: The Greek World, the Jews, and the East
Fergus Millar, Hannah M. Cotton, and Guy MacLean Rogers
Abstract
This volume completes the author's three-volume collection of essays, which, together with his books, transformed the study of the Roman Empire by shifting the focus of inquiry onto the broader Mediterranean world and beyond. The eighteen essays presented here include his classic contributions to our understanding of the impact of Rome on the peoples, cultures, and religions of the eastern Mediterranean, and the extent to which Graeco-Roman culture acted as a vehicle for the self-expression of the indigenous cultures. In an epilogue written to conclude the collection, the author argues for ret ... More
This volume completes the author's three-volume collection of essays, which, together with his books, transformed the study of the Roman Empire by shifting the focus of inquiry onto the broader Mediterranean world and beyond. The eighteen essays presented here include his classic contributions to our understanding of the impact of Rome on the peoples, cultures, and religions of the eastern Mediterranean, and the extent to which Graeco-Roman culture acted as a vehicle for the self-expression of the indigenous cultures. In an epilogue written to conclude the collection, the author argues for rethinking the focus of “ancient history” itself and for considering the Levant and the eastern Mediterranean from the first millennium bc to the Islamic conquests a valid scholarly framework and an appropriate educational syllabus for the study of antiquity. English translations of extended ancient passages in Greek, Latin, and Semitic languages in all the essays make the author's most important articles accessible for the first time to specialists and nonspecialists alike.
Keywords:
Roman Empire,
Mediterranean world,
Rome,
eastern Mediterranean,
Graeco-Roman culture,
self-expression,
indigenous cultures,
ancient history,
Levant,
antiquity
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780807830307 |
| Published to North Carolina Scholarship Online: September 2014 |
DOI:10.5149/9780807876657_millar |
