Rome in the East : the transformation of an empire / Warwick Ball

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-0-415-72078-6

ISBN : 978-0-415-71777-9

EAN : 9780415717779

Civilisation -- Rome -- Influence moyen-orientale

Civilisation -- Rome -- Influence chrétienne

Rome -- 30 av. J.-C.-476 (Empire)

Rome -- Provinces orientales

Classification Dewey : 937

Résumé / Abstract : "Rome in the East is an arresting study of the influence of Near Eastern culture on the Roman world, which overturns received wisdom about the spread of European culture to the East. It explores Roman archaeological and architectural remains in the Near East, and includes a survey of the presence of Rome beyond the imperial frontiers eastwards as far as Iran, India, Central Asia and China. The Near Eastern client kingdoms under Roman rule are examined in turn and each are shown to have affected Roman, and ultimately European, history in different but very fundamental ways"