- 254 pages
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Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond
About this book
Palmyra is one of the most famous sites of the ancient world and played a major role in the overland trade between the Mediterranean and the East. This volume explores fascinating aspects of Palmyrene archaeology and history that underline the site's dynamic relations with the Roman world, whilst simultaneously acknowledging its extremely local nature. The chapters explore Palmyra as a site, but also Palmyrene society both at home and abroad – as travellers in the then known world and contractors and businesspeople as well as innovative political and military leaders of their time. They illuminate Palmyra's and Palmyrene society's negotiations, struggles, benefits and disadvantages from being part of the Roman Empire, situated on the fringes between the East and the West, and their use of this location to recreate themselves as a central power player – at least for a time – within a rapidly changing world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Imprints page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps and Tables
- List of Contributors
- 1 Palmyra in the Mediterranean World
- 2 The Western Networks of Palmyra
- 3 You Can’t Get There from Here: Itineraries of the Palmyrenes in the Mediterranean
- 4 Palmyrene Iconographic Traditions and Their Mediterranean Connections: A Note on Some Signet Seal Impressions on the Palmyrene Tesserae
- 5 Palmyra and Emesa or ‘Palmyre sans Émèse’: Some Considerations on Palmyrene Trade Networks and the Mediterranean
- 6 Organizing Networks to Supply Mediterranean Markets
- 7 Language, Law and Religion: The Palmyrene Tariff in Its Roman Context
- 8 Channels of Communication and Connections of Style: Palmyrene Portraiture in Its Wider Context
- 9 Identity and Mobility of Palmyrene Jews
- 10 Palmyrene Military Expatriation and Its Religious Transfer at Roman Dura-Europos, Dacia and Numidia
- Index