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Ethnic identity and imperial power : the Batavians in the early Roman empire /
This probing case study examines the evolution of the ethnic identity of the Batavians, a lower Rhineland tribe in the western marches of the Roman Empire. Drawing on extensive historical and archaeological data, Nico Roymans examines how between 50 BCE and 70 CE, the Romans cultivated the Batavians...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
©2004.
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| Series: | Amsterdam archaeological studies ;
10. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This probing case study examines the evolution of the ethnic identity of the Batavians, a lower Rhineland tribe in the western marches of the Roman Empire. Drawing on extensive historical and archaeological data, Nico Roymans examines how between 50 BCE and 70 CE, the Romans cultivated the Batavians as an ethnic other by intensively recruiting them to the Roman army while simultaneously carrying out extermination campaigns against other tribes in the region. Roymans also considers how the status of the Batavian settlement reveals intriguing insights into Roman definitions of 'civilization' and 'barbarism.' Ethnic Identity and Imperial Power is a fascinating anthropological study on how ancient frontier peoples negotiated their self-image. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 277 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1417583401 9781417583409 9789048505357 9048505356 9781280959066 1280959061 9786610959068 6610959064 |