Peoples of the Roman world / Mary T. Boatwright.

"In this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northerners, Greeks, Egyptians, Jews, and Christians. She explores over time the tension between assimilation and distinctiveness in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cambridge introduction to Roman civilization.
Main Author: Boatwright, Mary Taliaferro
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011[2012]
Series:Cambridge introduction to Roman civilization.
Subjects:
Rome > Ethnic relations.
Ethnology > Rome > History.
Minorities > Rome > History.
Ethnicity > Rome > History.
Assimilation (Sociology) > Rome > History.
Acculturation > Rome > History.
Cultural pluralism > Rome > History.
Rome > Social conditions.
Imperialism > Social aspects > Rome > History.
Rome > Territorial expansion.
HISTORY / General.
Physical Description:xviii, 241 pages : illustrations, maps.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Rome and its peoples
  • Gauls, Celts, Germans, and other "northerners"
  • The Greeks, different yet alike
  • Egypt and Egyptians in Roman imagination and life
  • The Jews : political, social, or religious threat, or no threat at all?
  • Christians, a new people
  • Rome's peoples and Rome
  • Timeline
  • Glossary.