Becoming Roman? : Diverging Identities and Experiences in Ancient Northwest Italy.
Few empires had such an impact on the conquered peoples as did the Roman empire, creating social, economic, and cultural changes that erased long-standing differences in material culture, languages, cults, rituals and identities. But even Rome could not create a single unified culture. Individual de...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Walnut Creek :
Left Coast Press,
2013.
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Colección: | UNIV COL LONDON INST ARCH PUB.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Few empires had such an impact on the conquered peoples as did the Roman empire, creating social, economic, and cultural changes that erased long-standing differences in material culture, languages, cults, rituals and identities. But even Rome could not create a single unified culture. Individual decisions introduced changes in material culture, identity, and behavior, creating local cultures within the global world of the Roman empire that were neither Roman nor native. The author uses Northwest Italy as an exemplary case as it went from a marginal zone to one of the most flourishing an. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (387 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781611321883 1611321883 9781611321869 1611321867 1315433206 9781315433202 1315433214 9781315433219 |