Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new
mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the
Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic
theory to ancient material.
* Investigates the connections between empire and knowledge at
the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in the
Roman West
* Explores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories
of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and local
experts
* Offers a fresh perspective by examining passages from
ancient writers in a new light
Autorentext
Greg Woolf is Professor of Ancient History at the
University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Becoming Roman:
The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul (1998) and
Rome: An Empire's Story (2012) as well as the
co-editor of Literacy and Power in the Ancient World (with
A. K. Bowman, 1994), Rome the Cosmopolis (with C. Edwards,
2003) and Ancient Libraries (with J.König,
2013).
Zusammenfassung
Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material.
- Investigates the connections between empire and knowledge at the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in the Roman West
- Explores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and local experts
- Offers a fresh perspective by examining passages from ancient writers in a new light
Inhalt
Translations Used vii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Telling Tales on the Middle Ground 8
Chapter 2: Explaining the Barbarians 32
Chapter 3: Ethnography and Empire 59
Chapter 4: Enduring Fictions? 89
Notes 119
References 146
General Index 164
Index of Main Passages Discussed 168