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Autore |
Graham Mark W. <1970-> |
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News and Frontier Consciousness in the Late Roman Empire / Mark W. Graham |
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2006 |
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Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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ISBN |
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9780472901067 |
0472901060 |
9780472115624 |
0472115626 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages) : illustrations, map; PDF, digital file(s) |
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Soggetti |
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Communication - Rome - History |
Frontier thesis |
Electronic books. |
Limes (Roman boundary) History |
Rome Boundaries History |
Rome Civilization |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Prior to the third century A.D., two broad Roman conceptions of frontiers proliferated and competed: an imperial ideology of rule without limit coexisted with very real and pragmatic attempts to define and defend imperial frontiers. But from about A.D. 250-500, there was a basic shift in mentality, as news from and about frontiers began to portray a more defined Roman world—a world with limits—allowing a new understanding of frontiers as territorial and not just as divisions of people. This concept, previously unknown in the ancient world, brought with it a new consciousness, which soon spread to cosmology, geography, myth, sacred texts, and prophecy. The “frontier |
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consciousness” produced a unified sense of Roman identity that transcended local identities and social boundaries throughout the later Empire. |
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