Rome in the East: The Transformation of an EmpirePsychology Press, 2000 - 523 páginas In this lavishly illustrated and arresting study, Warwick Ball presents the story of Rome's overwhelming fascination with the East through a coverage of the historical, architectural and archaeological evidence unparalleled in both breadth and detail. This was a fascination of the new world for the old, and of the mundane for the exotic - a love affair that took literal form in the story of Antony and Cleopatra. From Rome's legendary foundation by Aeneas and the Trojan heroes as the New Troy, through the installation of Arabs as Roman emperors, to the eventual foundation of the new Rome by a latter-day Aeneas at Constantinople, the East took over Rome, - and Rome eventually ditched Europe to the barbarians. Rome in the Eastoverturns the received wisdom about Rome as the bastion of European culture. Newly available in paperback, and illustrated with almost 300 photographs, plans and drawings, its accessible and comprehensive approach makes it an ideal resource for both the academic and general reader. |
Índice
Historical background | 8 |
Near Eastern kingdoms under Roman | 30 |
Judaea Herod the Great and the Jewish Revolt | 47 |
Arabia and the Nabataeans | 60 |
Palmyra and Queen Zenobia | 74 |
Edessa and the coming of Christendom | 87 |
The Tanukh and Queen Mawiyya | 96 |
Rome east of the frontiers | 106 |
architecture and the resurgence of the East | 246 |
8 | 397 |
Notes | 451 |
Bibliography | 468 |
207 | 474 |
246 | 482 |
397 | 490 |
The countryside | 207 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abgar Achaemenid Alexander ancient Antioch Apamaea Arab Arabia arch Armenia army Augustan History Aurelian Baalbek became Bosra building Caesarea campaign capital Caracalla Carrhae centre century BC Chapter Christianity church civilisation colonnaded street columns Constantinople cult Damascus Dead Cities depicted desert Dushara dynasty eastern Edessa Elagabalus elements Emesa Emesene Emperor emphasised Euphrates evidence example excavations façades Figure fourth century Ghassanid Greek Hauran Hellenistic Herod Herodian high places important India inscriptions Iran Iranian Islamic Jerash Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judaea Julia Domna kalybe Khusrau king kingdom Lepcis Magna Macedonian Mesopotamia Millar monumental Nabataean pagan palace Palmyra Palmyrene Parthian Persian Petra Phoenician Plate Pompey probably Propylaeum Rasafa religion religious remains revolt Roman architecture Roman East Roman Empire Rome Rome's sanctuary Sasanian Seleucid Semitic Septimius Severus Severan Shahba Shapur sources Syria Tanukh temenos Temple tetrapylon third century Tomb town trade tradition Trajan walls West western Whilst Zenobia
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