The Early Roman Empire in the East

by Susan E. Alcock

A group of essays that trace the development of Roman influence in the eastern parts of the empire. Contents Urbanization ( Greg Woolf ); Roman colonies in the province of Achaia ( A Rizakis ); Syrian desert ( M Gawlikowski ); The Syrian countryside ( G Tate ); Jewish rural settlement ( Y Hirschfield ); Roman relations with the Persicus sinus ( D T Potts ); The Imperial image ( C B Rose ); The Black Sea region ( David Braund ); Funerary monuments in Asia Minor ( Sarah Cormack ); Tomb architecture at Palmyra ( A Schmidt-Colinet ); Pilgrimage, religion and visual culture in the East ( Jas Elsner ).

Table of Contents

Urbanization ( Greg Woolf )
Roman colonies in the province of Achaia ( A Rizakis )
Syrian desert ( M Gawlikowski )
The Syrian countryside ( G Tate )
Jewish rural settlement ( Y Hirschfield )
Roman relations with the Persicus sinus ( D T Potts )
The Imperial image ( C B Rose )
The Black Sea region ( David Braund )
Funerary monuments in Asia Minor ( Sarah Cormack )
Tomb architecture at Palmyra ( A Schmidt-Colinet )
Pilgrimage, religion and visual culture in the East ( Jas Elsner )

160 pages, Paperback

First published August 11, 2010