The Early Roman Empire in the East (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781900188524)

A group of essays that trace the development of Roman influence in the eastern parts of the empire. Contents include: Urbanization ( Greg Woolf ); Roman colonies in the province of Achaia ( A Rizakis ); Syrian desert ( M Gawlikowski ); The Syrian countryside ( G Tate ); Jewish rural settlement ( Y Hirschfield ); Roman relations with the Persicus sinus ( D T Potts ); The Imperial image ( C B Rose ); The Black Sea region ( David Braund ); Funerary monuments in Asia Minor ( Sarah Cormack ); Tomb architecture at Palmyra ( A Schmidt-Colinet ); Pilgrimage, religion and visual culture in the East ( Jas Elsner ).

Author: Susan Alcock
ISBN-10: 190018852X
ISBN-13: 9781900188524
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2010
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback