Benjamin Isaac is one of the most distinguished historians of the ancient world, with a number of landmark monographs to his name. This volume collects most of his published articles and book chapters of the last two decades, many of which are not easy to access, and republishes them for the first time along with some brand new chapters. The focus is on Roman concepts of state and empire and mechanisms of control and integration. Isaac also discusses ethnic and cultural relationships in the Roman Empire and the limits of tolerance and integration, as well as attitudes to foreigners and minorities, including Jews. The book will appeal to scholars and students of ancient, imperial, and military history, as well as to those interested in the ancient history of problems which still resonate in today's societies.
By:
Benjamin Isaac (Tel-Aviv University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 150mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781316501672
ISBN 10: 1316501671
Pages: 382
Publication Date: 15 July 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction; 1. Roma Aeterna; 2. Roman victory displayed: symbols, allegories, and personificiations?; 3. Army and violence; 4. Innovation and war; 5. Core-periphery notions; 6. Names: ethnic, geographic and administrative; 7. Attitudes towards provincial intellectuals in the Roman Empire; 8. Proto-racism in Graeco-Roman antiquity; 9. The barbarian in Greek and Roman literature; 10. Romans and nomads in the fourth century; 11. A multi-cultural Mediterranean?; 12. Latin in cities of the Roman Near East; 13. Ancient antisemitism; 14. Roman religious policy and the Bar Kokhba war; 15. Jews, Christians and others in Palestine: the evidence from Eusebius; 16. Roman organization in the Arabah in the fourth century AD; 17. Hatra against Rome and Persia: from success to destruction.
Benjamin Isaac is Lessing Professor of Ancient History Emeritus in the Department of Classics at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of The Limits of Empire: the Roman Army in the East (1990) and The Origins of Racism in Classical Antiquity (2004). He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and of the American Philosophical Society, as well as being an Israel Prize Laureate.
Reviews for Empire and Ideology in the Graeco-Roman World: Selected Papers
'... there is much to be learned from this book about a large number of areas in which the reader may not have expertise and, in those where his or her interests lie, it can be seen that it provokes reflection and thought.' Scripta Classica Israelica '... anyone interested in imperialism, the Roman military, Graeco-Roman racism, and the Roman Near East will find much of value in this book. It is one of the strengths of this collection and Isaac's work in general that it provokes important reappraisals of fundamental aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world.' Conor Whately, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
