Ebook: Rome in the East

In this lavishly illustrated and arresting study Warwick Ball presents the story of Rome's overwhelming fascination with the East through a coverage of the historical, architectural and archaeological evidence unparalleled in both breadth and detail. This was a fascination of the new world for the old, and of the mundane for the exotic - a love affair that took literal form in the story of Antony and Cleopatra. From Rome's legendary foundation by Aeneas and the Trojan heroes as the New Troy, through the installation of Arabs as Roman emperors, to the eventual foundation of the new Rome by a latter-day Aeneas at Constantinople, the East took over Rome, - and Rome eventually ditched Europe to the Barbarians. Rome in the East overturns the received wisdom about Rome as the bastion of European culture. Newly available in paperback, and illustrated with almost 300 photographs, plans and drawings, its accessible and comprehensive approach makes it an ideal resource for both the academic and general reader.

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Книга Rome in the East / Рим на Востоке Rome in the East / Рим на Востоке Книги Исторические Автор: Warwick Ball Год издания: 2000 Формат: pdf Издат.:Routledge Страниц: 523 Размер: 10,8 мб ISBN: 0-415-11376-8 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:Вэтой книгеавтор старается доказать что, европейская культура - результат Римского очарования Востоком и драматического влияния восточной культуры на Римский мир. Он объясняет навязчивую идею Рима о Востоке как тайное стремление и интерес молодого и нового к старому и древнему, обыденного и мирского - к экзотическому и таинственному."Римский Восток" имел огромное воздействие на Европу. Христианство - наиболее очевидно, но кроме него было множество других факторов - от сирийских императоров Рима до восточной архитектуры, множества религиозных сект и философских учений, оказавших свое влияние на преобразование Рима.In this lavishly illustrated and arresting study, Warwick Ball reveals Rome's fascination with the East and the dramatic influence of Near Eastern culture on the Roman world. He explains Rome's obsession with the Eastern world as a desire for the new over the old, of the mundane over the exotic; a love affair that even took literal form in the story of Antony and Cleopatra. The Roman East had an immense impact on Europe. Christianity is the most obvious one, but there are many others from Syrian emperors of Rome to Oriental architecture, religious and intellectual influences. "Rome in the East presents a comprehensive and coherent study of the history, architecture and archeology of the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, of Roman penetration beyond the frontiers, and of ensuing Eastern influences that brought about Rome's own transformation.