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Tales of the Barbarians: Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West
Contributor(s): Woolf, Greg (Author)
ISBN: 111878510X     ISBN-13: 9781118785102
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $30.35  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
- History | Ancient - Rome
Dewey: 937.07
Series: Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 176 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Italy
 
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Publisher Description:
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 West
  • Explores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and local experts
  • Offers a fresh perspective by examining passages from ancient writers in a new light