ISBN10: 0415720788, ISBN13: 9780415720786, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London] Hardcover Hardcover. This new edition of Rome in the East expands on the seminal work of the first edition, and examines the lasting impact of the near Eastern influence on Rome on our understanding of the development of European culture. Warwick Ball explores modern issues as well as ancient, and overturns conventional ideas about the spread of European culture to the East. This volume includes analysis of Roman archaeological and architectural remains in the East, as well as links to the Roman Empire as far afield as Iran, Central Asia, India, and China. The Near Eastern client kingdoms under Roman rule are examined in turn and each are shown to have affected Roman, and ultimately European, history in different but very fundamental ways. The highly visible presence of Rome in the East mainly the architectural remains, some among the greatest monumental buildings in the Roman world are examined from a Near Eastern perspective and demonstrated to be as much, if not more, a product of the Near East than of Rome.Warwick Ball presents the story of Rome in the light of Romes fascination with the Near East, generating new insights into the nature and character of Roman civilisation, and European identity from Rome to the present. Near Eastern influence can be seen to have transformed Roman Europe, with perhaps the most significant change being the spread of Christianity. This new editi ...
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Routledge, Date: 2016. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 551 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.25 inches. 2016. Routledge ISBN 0415720788 9780415720786 [GB]

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