03098nam 2200709Ia 450 991014157170332120230725035535.01-4443-9081-397866128895301-282-88953-21-4443-9079-1(CKB)2670000000360113(EBL)624806(OCoLC)690960312(SSID)ssj0000429334(PQKBManifestationID)11320254(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429334(PQKBWorkID)10430587(PQKB)10041248(SSID)ssj0001149643(PQKBManifestationID)12431652(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001149643(PQKBWorkID)11173942(PQKB)11761950(MiAaPQ)EBC624806(Au-PeEL)EBL624806(CaPaEBR)ebr10510456(CaONFJC)MIL288953(EXLCZ)99267000000036011320100726d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTales of the barbarians[electronic resource] ethnography and empire in the Roman West /Greg WoolfChichester, West Sussex ;Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwell20111 online resource (178 p.)Blackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical traditionDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-6073-X 1-118-78510-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Tales of the Barbarians: Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West; Contents; Translations Used; Introduction; 1: Telling Tales on the Middle Ground; 2: Explaining the Barbarians; 3: Ethnography and Empire; 4: Enduring Fictions?; Notes; References; General Index; Index of Main Passages DiscussedTales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material.Investigates the connections between empire and knowledge at the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in the Roman WestExplores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and local expertsOffers a fresh perspective by examining passages from ancient writers in a new lightBlackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition.AcculturationRomeNational characteristics, West EuropeanRomeEthnic relationsRomeCultural policyRomeHistoryEmpire, 30 B.C.-284 A.DAcculturationNational characteristics, West European.937/.07Woolf Greg256152MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910141571703321Tales of the barbarians248331UNINA