The Roman Near East, 31 BC - AD 337 </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Millar, Fergus</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Harvard University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>1996</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>587tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>From Augustus to Constantine, the Roman Empire in the Near East expanded step by step, southward to the Red Sea and eastward across the Euphrates to the Tigris. In a remarkable work of interpretive history, Fergus Millar shows us this world as it was forged into the Roman provinces of Syria, Judaea, Arabia, and Mesopotamia. His book conveys the magnificent sweep of history as well as the rich diversity of peoples, religions, and languages that intermingle in the Roman Near East... The Roman Near East makes it possible to see rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and eventually the origins of Islam against the matrix of societies in which they were formed. Millar’s evidence permits us to assess whether the Near East is best seen as a regional variant of Graeco-Roman culture or as in some true sense oriental. A masterful treatment of a complex period and world, distilling a vast amount of literary, documentary, artistic, and archaeological evidence―always reflecting new findings―this book is sure to become the standard source for anyone interested in the Roman Empire or the history of the Near East.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Fergus Millar</note> <subject> <topic>Middle East -- History</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 BC-476 AD</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">220.9</classification> <classification authority="ddc">F352-M65</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0674778863</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11194/raman.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11194/raman.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg"/> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071003.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>