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Title Sinews of empire : networks in the Roman Near East and beyond / edited by Håkon Fiane Teigen and Eivind Heldaas Seland.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "This volume brings together papers presented at a conference at the Norwegian Institute in Athens in December 2015"--Page 10.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary A recent surge of interest in network approaches to the study of the ancient world has enabled scholars of the Roman Empire to move beyond traditional narratives of domination, resistance, integration and fragmentation. This relational turn has not only offers tools to identify, map, visualize and, in some cases, even quantify interaction based on a variety of ancient source material, but also provides a terminology to deal with the everyday ties of power, trade, and ideology that operated within, below, and beyond the superstructure of imperial rule. Thirteen contributions employ a range of quantitative, qualitative and descriptive network approaches in order to provide new perspectives on trade, communication, administration, technology, religion and municipal life in the Roman Near East and adjacent regions.
Contents Front Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Sinews of empire and the relational turn in classical scholarship Håkon Fiane Teigen and Eivind Heldaas Seland; 1 Going mental: Culture, exchange and compromise in Rome's trade with the East Wim Broekaert; 2 Sinews of belief, anchors of devotion: the cult of Zeus Kasios in the Mediterranean Anna Collar; 3 Numismatic communities in the northern South Caucasus 300 BCE-300 CE: A geospatial analysis of coin finds from Caucasian Iberia and Caucasian Albania Lara Fabian.
4 The diffusion of architectural innovations: Modelling social networks in the ancient building trade Henrik Gerding and Per Östborn5 Texture of empire: Personal networks and the modus operandi of Roman hegemony Michael Sommer; 6 Sinews of the other empire: The Parthian Great King's rule over vassal kingdoms Leonardo Gregoratti; 7 Speech patterns as indicators of religious identities: The Manichaean community in Late Antique Egypt Mattias Brand; 8 Networking beyond death: Priests and their family networks in Palmyra explored through the funerary sculpture Rubina Raja.
9 Trade networks among the army camps of the Eastern Desert of Roman Egypt Yanne Broux10 Palmyrene merchant networks and economic integration in competitive markets Katia Schörle; 11 Businessmen and local elites in the Lycos valley Kerstin Droß-Krüpe; 12 The social networks of Late Antique western Thebes Elisabeth O'Connell and Giovanni R. Ruffini.
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Subject Rome -- Relations -- Middle East -- Congresses.
Rome (Empire)
Relations.
Middle East.
Middle East -- Relations -- Rome -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Teigen, Håkon Fiane, editor.
Seland, Eivind Heldaas, editor.
Other Form: Online version: Sinews of empire. Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2017 9781785705977 (OCoLC)988282133
Print version: Sinews of empire. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2017 1785705962 9781785705960 (OCoLC)958097634
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