Roman Syria and the Near East /
The provinces that the Romans referred to as Syria covered a vast area occupied today by several modern states. These included some of the most spectacular ruins of the ancient world-Palmyra, Baalbek, and Apamea-and fabled cities such as Antioch, Damascus, Sidon, and Tyre. Roman Syria also comprised...
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J. Paul Getty Museum : Getty Publications,
2003
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Grand Narratives. 1. An Incidental Annexation
- - 2. Rome, Syria, Parthians and Persians
- -- Part II: Organizing Space and Time. 3. Political Entities
- - 4. Time and Motion
- -- Part III: Production and Consumption. 5. Exploiting the Available
- - 6. Portable Antiquities
- -- Part IV: The Construction of Communities. 7. Public Values
- - 8. Impure Genres
- - 9. The Pious World
- - 10. The Military
- Pt. I Grand Narratives
- 1. An Incidental Annexation
- 2. Rome, Syria, Parthians and Persians
- Pt. II. Organizing Space and Time
- 3. Political Entities
- 4. Time and Motion
- Pt. III. Production and Consumption
- 5. Exploiting the Available
- 6. Portable Antiquities
- Pt. IV. The Construction of Communities
- 7. Public Values
- 8. Impure Genres
- 9. The Pious World
- 10. The Military.