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Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire Revised ed. Edition

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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; Revised ed. edition (January 18, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0415243572
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415243575
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.1 x 9.7 inches
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4.0 out of 5 starsA Great Read
By A Customer on September 9, 2000
Format: Hardcover
Rome In The East evaluates the reciprocal cultural exchange of the Western and Eastern ends in the Roman Empire. The book traces Roman history from the early empire and integrates Roman hegemony throughout the Near East, Arabia, and Palestine. The author raises the stimulating argument that the East influenced the Western Roman Empire more than vice versa. Each section separates into a topical format that includes towns, cities, countryside, and architecture. In fact, the author devotes much space to a pictorial layout of monuments, buildings, and artifacts. Importantly, the author recognizes the influence Christianity had on the Roman world.
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5.0 out of 5 starsexcellent reference
By Elizabeth Terzian on February 15, 2012
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This is an excellent book on the subject. it is scholarly, yet a pleasant read for everyone interested in the history of Rome in the East. The plates, maps and figures are detailed and thorough. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on urban layout and pagan architecture. The last chapter bridges beautifully from paganism to Christianity. The notes and the bibliography are most useful.
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4.0 out of 5 starsRevolting Overthrow
By S. Antoniou on January 18, 2012
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Explicit purpose of the book is to present the Roman Near East from the eastern perspective. Implicit aim is to revoltingly overthrow any Hellenistic-Roman cultural influence in the region, and place on the throne the Partho-Persian element as the decisive cultural (mainly architectural) force which shaped the Near East also within the 7 Hellenistic-Roman centuries.

The author, Mr Warwick Ball (former Director of Excavations at the British School of Archaeology in Iraq), is evidently learned, with extensive knowledge of primary sources and of architectural remains in the Near East. The book is very well-researched and with extraordinary breadth, with many (mainly architectural) B/W photos and drawings.

The author revolts against the self-contented Graeco-Roman cultural dominance in the Roman Near East, and establishes from the 1st introductory Chapter (7 pp) the cutting book's character.

Chapter 2 (21 pp text), composed in equally high octaves, wants to offer a general historical frame, but so much lacks coherency, mainly due to the author's distorting inclination, that seems almost detached from the chapters to follow, and rather confuses than prepares. This Chapter stands out as the first (of the two) main weaknesses of the book. A brief and neutral Intro of ca 10-12 pp would be much more helpful.

Chapter 3 (75 pp, with 55 pp text) is a short but very concise and mature history of the seven Near Eastern protectorate kingdoms (Emesa, Judaea, Nabataea, Palmyra, Edessa, Tanukh, Ghassan), where the competence of the author reveals their key backgrounds. This Chapter is so enlightening, that, with some additions, could stand even as separate book on this scarce subject.
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