The Early Roman Empire in the East

A group of essays that trace the development of Roman influence in the eastern parts of the empire. Contents include: Urbanization (Greg Woolf); Roman colonies in the province of Achaia (A Rizakis); Syrian desert (M Gawlikowski); The Syrian countryside (G Tate); Jewish rural settlement (Y Hirschfield); Roman relations with the Persicus sinus (D T Potts); The Imperial image (C B Rose); The Black Sea region (David Braund); Funerary monuments in Asia Minor (Sarah Cormack); Tomb architecture at Palmyra (A Schmidt-Colinet); Pilgrimage, religion and visual culture in the East (Jas Elsner).

List of contributors
Preface: East is East?
List of abbreviations
Urban Structures
The Roman Urbanization of the East	p. 1
Roman Colonies in the Province of Achaia: Territories, Land and Population	p. 15
Regional Studies
The Syrian Desert under the Romans	p. 37
The Syrian Countryside during the Roman Era	p. 55
Jewish Rural Settlement in Judaea in the Early Roman Period	p. 72
The Roman Relationship with the Persicus sinus from the Rise of Spasinou Charax (127 BC) to the Reign of Shapur II (AD 309-79)	p. 89
Images and Identities
The Imperial Image in the Eastern Mediterranean	p. 108
Greeks and Barbarians: The Black Sea Region and Hellenism under the Early Empire	p. 121
Funerary Monuments and Mortuary Practice in Roman Asia Minor	p. 137
Aspects of 'Romanization': The Tomb Architecture at Palmyra and its Decoration	p. 157
The Origins of the Icon: Pilgrimage, Religion and Visual Culture in the Roman East as 'Resistance' to the Centre	p. 178
Afterword
A View from the West	p. 200
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