1st Edition
Roman Edessa Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of the Roman Empire, 114 - 242 C.E.
By Steven K. Ross
Copyright 2001
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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Roman Edessa offers a comprehensive and erudite analysis of the ancient city of Edessa (modern day Urfa, Turkey), which constituted a remarkable amalgam of the East and the West. Among the areas explored are:
the cultural life and antecedents of Edessa
Edessene religion
the extent of the Hellenization at Edessa before the advent of Christianity
the myth of an exchange of letters... Read more
List of figures, Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Introduction, 1 The earliest Edessa, 2 The coming of Rome, 3 From kingdom to province, 4 A king in Rome’s service, 5 A ‘Golden Age’?: the culture of pre-Christian Edessa, 6 Early Christianity and Edessan culture, 7 Conclusion, Appendix: Numismatic notes, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Steven K. Ross
