To view prices and purchase online, please login or create an account now.



Being Greek under Rome: Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire

Hardback

Main Details

Title Being Greek under Rome: Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Simon Goldhill
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:404
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 159
Category/GenreWorld history - BCE to c 500 CE
History of religion
ISBN/Barcode 9780521663175
ClassificationsDewey:937
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 2 Maps; 1 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 7 June 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

These especially commissioned essays open up a fascinating and novel perspective on a crucial era of western culture. In the second century CE the Roman empire dominated the Mediterranean, but Greek culture maintained its huge prestige. At the same time, Christianity and Judaism were vying for followers against the lures of such an elite cultural life. This book looks at how writers in Greek from all areas of Empire society respond to their political position, to intellectual authority, to religions and social pressures. It explores the fascinating cultural clashes from which Christianity emerged to dominate the Empire. It presents a series of brilliant insights into how the culture of Empire functions and offers a fascinating and new understanding of the long history of imperialism and cultural conflict.

Reviews

'... this is a rich and stimulating collection ... the issue of Greek cultural identity and self-fashioning is well explored through an impressive variety of detail.' Journal of Roman Studies