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Foreigners at Rome: Citizens and Strangers

By David Noy

Book information

Publisher
Duckworth; The Classical Press of Wales
Year
2000
ISBN
0715629522
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22088190 bytes)
Edition
1 Ed
Pages
372\372
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

"The Tiber has been joined by the Orontes," wrote Juvenal in a complaint about immigration to the Empire's capital. Yet Rome's culture and economy were based on immigrants; some were voluntary (craft workers, soldiers, teachers and intellectuals) but countless others came as slaves. What happened to them after their arrival? Did they try to keep contact with their homelands? Did they form distinctive communities within Rome? This book is the first systematic study of Rome's foreign-born element. The author uses inscriptions and literature to explore the experiences of newcomers to the capital. While surveying the whole ethnic tapestry, he concentrates on the uniquely rich corpus of evidence left to us by the city's Jewish community, and discovers major differences in their approach to Roman life.

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