Empire and Religion in the Roman World

ISBN-13: 9781108927581 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Harriet I. Flower

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.