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Elena Muñiz Grijalvo et Rosario Moreno Soldevila (éd.), Understanding Integration in the Roman World, Leyde-Boston, 2023.

Éditeur : Brill
Collection : Impact of Empire, 47
250 pages
ISBN : 978-90-04-54561-8
121,33 €

Integration is a buzzword in the 21st century. However, academics still do not agree on its meaning and, above all, on its consequences. This book offers numerous examples showing that the inhabitants of the Roman Mediterranean were “integrated”, i.e. were aware of the existence of a common framework of coexistence, without this necessarily resulting in a process of cultural convergence. For instance, the Spanish poet Martial explicitly refused to be considered the brother of the Greek Charmenion (10.65): paradoxically, while reaffirming their differences, his satirical epigram confirms the existence of a common frame of reference that encompassed them both. Understanding integration in the Roman world requires paying attention to the complex and varied responses to diversity in Roman times.

Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors

1 Foreword: Understanding Integration in the Roman World
Elena Muñiz-Grijalvo and Rosario Moreno Soldevila

Part 1: Integration: A Conceptual Battlefield
2 Integration Revisited: How to Address Culture Change in the Roman Empire. An Agony in Three Fits
Frederick G. Naerebout

3 Vox diversa: Theoretical Proposals about “Integration”
Alberto Marina Castillo

Part 2: Non-elite and Local Processes of Integration
4 Nationes of Enslaved and Freed Romans
Rose MacLean

5 Integration and Self-Integration of Foreigners in the Roman Census during the Roman Republic
Cristina Rosillo-López

6 The (Non)Integration of Romans and Italians in Hispania during the Republic
Some Reflections
Francisco Pina Polo

7 Local Citizenship and Non-elite Integration in Roman Iberia
Louise Revell

Part 3: Integration of Diversity in the Social and Cultural Spheres
8 Roman Women Who Feed: Epula and Integration in Hispania during the Principate
Carmen Alarcón Hernández

9 Gaining Citizenship: Agonistic Paths to Integration in the Roman Empire
Rocío Gordillo Hervás

10 Literature and Integration in Martial and Pliny the Younger
Rosario Moreno Soldevila

11 Madness as a Form of Marginality and Barbarism in the Imperial Roman Political Discourse
Juan R. Ballesteros

Part 4: Integration of Diversity in the Religious Sphere
12 Unlikely Imperial Gods. A Reflection on Some Unexpected Results of the Integration of Emperors into Local Greek Panthea
Fernando Lozano Gómez

13 Estrangement and Rapprochement: The Alleged Egyptian Origin of Graeco-Roman Processions
Elena Muñiz-Grijalvo

14 Sanctuary Narratives and Seafarers' Votive Offerings
Integration, Continuity and Persistence of Maritime Risk Management Strategies
Mirella Romero Recio

Index

Source : Brill