Tales of the Barbarians – Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West: Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West (Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition, #1)

by Greg Woolf

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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
  • ISBN10 140516073X
  • ISBN13 9781405160735
  • Publish Date 7 January 2011 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 176
  • Language English