Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire

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Routledge, 04‏/01‏/2002 - 544 من الصفحات
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 East overturns 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.

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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
The Macedonian heartland of the north
157
The Euphrates and Mesopotamia
165
The Phoenician Coast
171
The Decapolis
181
Bosra and Shahba
198
Conclusion
205
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246
Notes
451

Roman prisoners of war
114
Roman trade
123
RomanoBuddhist art
139
Antioch the imperial city
150
Bibliography
468
Index
490
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