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• catalog abstract ""Rome in the East provides an illustrated study of the influence of Near Eastern culture on the Roman world, which overturns received wisdom about Rome as the bastion of European culture. In this controversial and provocative study Warwick Ball presents the story of Rome in the light of Rome's fascination with the East. He explains Rome's obsession with the Eastern world as a fascination of the new world for the old, of the mundane for the exotic, a love affair with the East that took literal form in the story of Antony and Cleopatra. From Rome's legendary foundation by Aeneas and the Trojan heroes as the New Troy, through installing Arabs as Roman emperors, to the eventual foundation of the new Rome by a latter-day Aeneas at Constantinople, the East took over Rome - and Rome ultimately ditched Europe to the Barbarians. Through this obsession, Near Eastern civilisation - most of all, Christianity - went West to transform Europe. Warwick Ball argues that the story of Rome is the story of the East, more than the story of the West."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11752209.
• catalog coverage "Rome Civilization Christian influences.".
• catalog coverage "Rome Civilization Middle Eastern influences.".
• catalog created "2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
• catalog description ""Rome in the East provides an illustrated study of the influence of Near Eastern culture on the Roman world, which overturns received wisdom about Rome as the bastion of European culture. In this controversial and provocative study Warwick Ball presents the story of Rome in the light of Rome's fascination with the East. He explains Rome's obsession with the Eastern world as a fascination of the new world for the old, of the mundane for the exotic, a love affair with the East that took literal form in the story of Antony and Cleopatra.".
• catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Historical background. To the Euphrates. Beyond the Euphrates. Long retreat -- 3. Princely States: Near Eastern kingdoms under Roman protection. Rome and the Arabs. Emesa and the Sun Kings. Judaea, Herod the Great and the Jewish Revolt. Arabia and the Nabataeans. Palmyra and Queen Zenobia. Edessa and the coming of Christendom. Tanukh and Queen Mawiyya. Ghassan and the coming of Islam -- 4. Rome east of the frontiers. Military campaigns. Roman prisoners of war. Roman trade. 'Romano-Buddhist' art -- 5. Towns and cities. Antioch, the imperial city. Macedonian heartland of the north. Euphrates and Mesopotamia. Phoenician Coast. Decapolis. 'Roman' Arabia: Bosra and Shahba.".
• catalog description "From Rome's legendary foundation by Aeneas and the Trojan heroes as the New Troy, through installing Arabs as Roman emperors, to the eventual foundation of the new Rome by a latter-day Aeneas at Constantinople, the East took over Rome - and Rome ultimately ditched Europe to the Barbarians. Through this obsession, Near Eastern civilisation - most of all, Christianity - went West to transform Europe. Warwick Ball argues that the story of Rome is the story of the East, more than the story of the West."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 494-511) and index.".
• catalog extent "xix, 523 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0415113768 (hc.)".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
• catalog spatial "Rome Civilization Christian influences.".
• catalog spatial "Rome Civilization Middle Eastern influences.".
• catalog subject "937 21".
• catalog subject "DG77 .B317 2000".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Historical background. To the Euphrates. Beyond the Euphrates. Long retreat -- 3. Princely States: Near Eastern kingdoms under Roman protection. Rome and the Arabs. Emesa and the Sun Kings. Judaea, Herod the Great and the Jewish Revolt. Arabia and the Nabataeans. Palmyra and Queen Zenobia. Edessa and the coming of Christendom. Tanukh and Queen Mawiyya. Ghassan and the coming of Islam -- 4. Rome east of the frontiers. Military campaigns. Roman prisoners of war. Roman trade. 'Romano-Buddhist' art -- 5. Towns and cities. Antioch, the imperial city. Macedonian heartland of the north. Euphrates and Mesopotamia. Phoenician Coast. Decapolis. 'Roman' Arabia: Bosra and Shahba.".
• catalog title "Rome in the East : the transformation of an empire / Warwick Ball.".
• catalog type "text".