The year of the four emperors in AD 193 shows the cosmopolitan interconnectedness of the Roman Empire, yet scholarship has long framed the Severan dynasty in a narrative of descent stressing their North African and in particular their Syrian origins. The contributions of this volume question this conventional approach and instead examine more closely actual Severan policy in the Near East to detect potential local connections that determined this policy as well as how local communities and elites reacted to it. The volume thus explores new beginnings and old connections in the Roman Near East.
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What happened in the Eastern Roman Empire under Severan rule – do we see new beginnings, old connections?
Instead of framing the Severans within a narrative of (particularly Syrian) descent, the papers of this collection examine actual Severan policy in the East and its potential local connections.

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ISBN
9783525302514
Publisert
2024-06-17
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Vendor
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG
Vekt
733 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Biographical note

PD Dr. Julia Hoffmann-Salz is currently Substitute Professor of Ancient History at the University of Mannheim. Prof. Dr. Matthäus Heil is research associate at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and Honorary Professor of Ancient History at the Free University of Berlin. Dr. Holger Wienholz is a classical archaeologist and research associate at the Orient Department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI).