Tales of the barbarians [[electronic resource] ] : ethnography and empire in the Roman West / / Greg Woolf

• Autore: Woolf Greg
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• Disciplina: 937/.07
• Soggetto topico: Acculturation - Rome; National characteristics, West European
• Soggetto geografico: Rome Ethnic relations; Rome Cultural policy; Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Discussed
• Sommario/riassunto: Tales 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 light
• Titolo autorizzato: Tales of the barbarians
• ISBN: 1-4443-9081-3; 9786612889530; 1-282-88953-2; 1-4443-9079-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141571703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition.