Rome and the Worlds Beyond Its Frontiers (Impact of Empire) (Impact of Empire, 21) (English, German and Latin Edition)

"This volume offers an expansive approach to interactions between Romans and those beyond the borders of Rome. The range of papers included here is wide, both in terms of subject matter and with respect to approach. That said, a number of important themes bind the essays. Who is an insider, and who the outsider? How were these categories of person, or identity, fashioned and/or recognized in antiquity? How shall we recognize them now? What are the categories, or standards, for measuring or determining inside and outside in the Roman world? And then, of course, what are the repercussions when inside and outside come into contact? What happens when the outside is in, or the inside out?" ... Provided by publisher Contents 5 List of Figures 7 Introduction 9 Part 1 Politics & Military 13 Chapter 1 Rome, Pontus, Thrace and the Military Disintegration of the World Beyond the Hellenistic East 15 Chapter 2 Estranging the Familiar—Rome’s Ambivalent Approach to Britain 32 Chapter 3 Rome and Persia in the Middle of the Third Century AD (230–266) 45 Chapter 4 The Emperor Beyond the Frontiers: A Double-Mirror as a ‘Political Discourse’ 57 Part 2 Politics, Economics, & Society 77 Chapter 5 Turning the Inside Out: The Divergent Experiences of Gaul and Africa during the Third Century AD 79 Chapter 6 Raiders to Traders? Economics of Integration among Nomadic Communities in North Africa 108 Chapter 7 Transfer römischer Technik jenseits der Grenzen: Aneignung und Export 135 Chapter 8 Perceptions from Beyond: Some Observations on Non-Roman Assessments of the Roman Empire from the Great Eastern Trade Routes 163 Chapter 9 Hospitium: Understanding ‘Ours’ and ‘Theirs’ on the Roman Frontier 192 Part 3 Material Culture and Culture 203 Chapter 10 Palmyrenes in Transtiberim: Integration in Rome and Links to the Eastern Frontier 205 Chapter 11 Rival Powers, Rival Images: Diocletian’s Palace at Split in Light of Sasanian Palace Design 225 Chapter 12 The Reception of Figurative Art Beyond the Frontier: Scandinavian Encounters with Roman Numismatics 255 Index of Places 269 Index of Names 271 General Index 273 Rome and the Worlds Beyond Its Frontiers examines interactions between those within and those beyond the boundaries of Rome, with an eye to the question of contested identities and identity formations. Readership: All interested in the history of the Roman Empire, and its relationships with those beyond its borders.