Romulus' Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian

by Emma Dench

Modern treatments of Rome have projected in highly emotive terms the perceived problems, or the aspirations, of the present: "race-mixture" has been blamed for the collapse of the Roman empire; more recently, Rome and Roman society have been depicted as "multicultural." Moving beyond these and beyond more traditional, juridical approaches to Roman identity, Emma Dench focuses on ancient modes of thinking about selves and relationships with other peoples,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198150512
• ISBN13: 9780198150510
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.6"