Empire and Religion in the Roman World

Herausgeber: Flower, Harriet I.

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Produktbeschreibung

Cutting-edge essays from distinguished scholars exploring key facets of the Roman Empire. Three major themes prevail: the interaction between boundaries and intricate networks of connections; the ways in which the Roman world promoted religious change, especially the rise of Christianity; and the violence endemic within and beyond communities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 579g
• ISBN-13: 9781108831925
• ISBN-10: 1108831923
• Artikelnr.: 62213608

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Empire: 1. Germs and Empire: The Agency of the Microscopic Kyle
Harper; 2. Imperial Integration on Rome's Atlantic Rim Carlos Noreña; 3.
The Ambitions of Government: Sovereignty and Control in the Ancient
Countryside Clifford Ando; 4. Contingency and Context: The Origins of the
Jewish War against Rome Erich S. Gruen; Part II. Religion: 5. The First
Christian Family of Egypt Sabine R. Huebner; 6. Missionaries, Pious
Merchants, Freelance Religious Experts, and the Spread of Christianity Éric
Rebillard; 7. Christian Piety in Late Antiquity: Contexts and Contestations
Claudia Rapp; 8. Ausonius at the Edge of Empire: Consular Poetics as
Cognitive Improvisation Mark Vessey; 9. Peregrinationes in Psalmos
Catherine Conybeare; 10. Muhammad's Rivals: Prophets in Late Antique Arabia
Glen W. Bowersock; Epilogue: 11. Brent Shaw: An Intellectual Profile Peter
Brown.