03095nam 2200721Ia 450 991082654070332120240513092209.01-4443-9081-397866128895301-282-88953-21-4443-9079-1(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 ethnography and empire in the Roman West /Greg Woolf1st ed.Chichester, 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 Greg256152MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826540703321Tales of the barbarians248331UNINA