Foreigners at Rome: Citizens and Strangers (The Roman World) - Softcover

Noy, David

 
9781914535284: Foreigners at Rome: Citizens and Strangers (The Roman World)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1914535286 ISBN 13: 9781914535284
Publisher: Classical Press of Wales, 2022

Synopsis

'The Tiber has been joined by the Orontes'. So wrote the Roman satirist Juvenal, in a complaint about immigration to the Empire's capital. Rome was constantly sustained by immigrants. Some were voluntary: craftworkers, soldiers, teachers and intellectuals. 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 a systematic study of Rome's foreign-born element. The author uses inscriptions and literature to explore the experiences of newcomers to the capital. The results are compared with the colourful Roman stereotypes of different immigrant groups.

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About the Author

David Noy is author of Jewish Inscriptions of Western Europe vols. 1-2, and co-author with William Horbury of Jewish Inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt.

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Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1914535286
ISBN 13 
9781914535284
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
374

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