The early Roman Empire in the East / edited by Susan E. Alcock.

Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Oxbow monograph ; 95. | Oxbow monograph ; 95.Publication details: Oxford : Oxbow, 1997.Description: viii, 212 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 190018852
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DG77 E27 1997
Contents:
Section 1. Urban Structures -- 1. The Roman Urbanisation of the East / Greg Woolf -- 2. Roman Colonies in the Province of Achaia : Territories, Land and Population / A. D. Rizakis -- Section 2. Regional Studies -- 3. The Syrian Desert under the Romans / Michat Gawlikowski -- 4. The Syrian Countryside during the Roman Era / Georges Tate -- 5. Jewish Rural Settlement in Judea in the Early Roman Period / Yizhar Hirschfeld -- 6. The Roman Relationship with the Persicus sinus from the Rise of Spasinou Charax (127 BC) to the Reign of Shapur II (AD 309-79) / D. T. Potts -- Section 3. Images and Identities -- 7. The Imperial Image in the Eastern Mediterranean / Charles Brian Rose -- 8. Greeks and Barbarians : The Black Sea Region and Hellenism under the Early Empire / David Braund -- 9. Funerary Monuments and Mortuary Practice in Roman Asia Minor / Sarah Cormack -- 10. Aspects of 'Romanization' : The Tomb Architecture at Palmyra and its Decoration / Andreas Schmidt-Colinet -- 11. The Origins of the Icon : Pilgrimage, Religion and Visual Culture in the Roman East as 'Resistance' to the Centre / Jas' Elsner -- Section 4. Afterword -- A View from the West / Martin Millett.
Summary: A group of essays that trace the development of Roman influence in the eastern parts of the empire. Contents include : Urbanization (Greg Woolf) ; Roman colonies in the province of Achaia (A Rizakis) ; Syrian desert (M Gawlikowski) ; The Syrian countryside (G Tate) ; Jewish rural settlement (Y Hirschfield) ; Roman relations with the Persicus sinus (D T Potts) ; The Imperial image (C B Rose) ; The Black Sea region (David Braund) ; Funerary monuments in Asia Minor (Sarah Cormack) ; Tomb architecture at Palmyra (A Schmidt-Colinet) ; Pilgrimage, religion and visual culture in the East (Jas Elsner)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. Urban Structures -- 1. The Roman Urbanisation of the East / Greg Woolf -- 2. Roman Colonies in the Province of Achaia : Territories, Land and Population / A. D. Rizakis -- Section 2. Regional Studies -- 3. The Syrian Desert under the Romans / Michat Gawlikowski -- 4. The Syrian Countryside during the Roman Era / Georges Tate -- 5. Jewish Rural Settlement in Judea in the Early Roman Period / Yizhar Hirschfeld -- 6. The Roman Relationship with the Persicus sinus from the Rise of Spasinou Charax (127 BC) to the Reign of Shapur II (AD 309-79) / D. T. Potts -- Section 3. Images and Identities -- 7. The Imperial Image in the Eastern Mediterranean / Charles Brian Rose -- 8. Greeks and Barbarians : The Black Sea Region and Hellenism under the Early Empire / David Braund -- 9. Funerary Monuments and Mortuary Practice in Roman Asia Minor / Sarah Cormack -- 10. Aspects of 'Romanization' : The Tomb Architecture at Palmyra and its Decoration / Andreas Schmidt-Colinet -- 11. The Origins of the Icon : Pilgrimage, Religion and Visual Culture in the Roman East as 'Resistance' to the Centre / Jas' Elsner -- Section 4. Afterword -- A View from the West / Martin Millett.

A group of essays that trace the development of Roman influence in the eastern parts of the empire. Contents include : Urbanization (Greg Woolf) ; Roman colonies in the province of Achaia (A Rizakis) ; Syrian desert (M Gawlikowski) ; The Syrian countryside (G Tate) ; Jewish rural settlement (Y Hirschfield) ; Roman relations with the Persicus sinus (D T Potts) ; The Imperial image (C B Rose) ; The Black Sea region (David Braund) ; Funerary monuments in Asia Minor (Sarah Cormack) ; Tomb architecture at Palmyra (A Schmidt-Colinet) ; Pilgrimage, religion and visual culture in the East (Jas Elsner)

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