{"product_id":"news-and-frontier-consciousness-in-mark-graham-9780472115624","title":"News and Frontier Consciousness in the Late Roman Empire","description":"Prior to the third century A.D., two broad Roman conceptions of frontiers proliferated and competed: an imperial ideology of rule without limit coexisted with very real and pragmatic attempts to define and defend imperial frontiers. But from about A.D. 250-500, there was a basic shift in mentality, as news from and about frontiers began to portray a more defined Roman world--a world with limits--allowing a new understanding of frontiers as territorial and not just as divisions of people. This concept, previously unknown in the ancient world, brought with it a new consciousness, which soon spread to cosmology, geography, myth, sacred texts, and prophecy. The \"frontier consciousness\" produced a unified sense of Roman identity that transcended local identities and social boundaries throughout the later Empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eApproaching Roman frontiers with the aid of media studies as well as anthropological and sociological methodologies, Mark W. Graham chronicles and documents this significant transition in ancient thought, which coincided with, but was not necessarily dependent on, the Christianization of the Roman world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark W. Graham\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of History at Grove City College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Graham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472115626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472115624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.28w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 44","brand":"Mark Graham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086705570047,"sku":"9780472115624","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa3a4b5a-3c6e-48ff-ad5c-68b274ebfef7.jpg?v=1769096102","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/news-and-frontier-consciousness-in-mark-graham-9780472115624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}