Grig, Lucy.
Two Romes / Lucy Grig and Gavin Kelly.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
xiii, 465 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Oxford studies in late antiquity
"The city of Constantinople was named New Rome or Second Rome very soon after its foundation in AD 324; over the next two hundred years it replaced the original Rome as the greatest city of the Mediterranean. In this unified essay collection, prominent international scholars examine the changing roles and perceptions of Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity from a range of different disciplines and scholarly perspectives. The seventeen chapters cover both the comparative development and the shifting status of the two cities. Developments in politics and urbanism are considered, along with the cities' changing relationships with imperial power, the church, and each other, and their evolving representations in both texts and images. These studies present important revisionist arguments and new interpretations of significant texts and events. This comparative perspective allows the neglected subject of the relationship between the two Romes to come into focus while avoiding the teleological distortions common in much past scholarship. An introductory section sets the cities, and their comparative development, in context. Part Two looks at topography, and includes the first English translation of the Notitia of Constantinople. The following section deals with politics proper, considering the role of emperors in the two Romes and how rulers interacted with their cities. Part Four then considers the cities through the prism of literature, in particular through the distinctively late antique genre of panegyric. The fifth group of essays considers a crucial aspect shared by the two cities: their role as Christian capitals. Lastly, a provocative epilogue looks at the enduring Roman identity of the post-Heraclian Byzantine state. Thus, Two Romes not only illuminates the study of both cities but also enriches our understanding of the late Roman world in its entirety."--Publisher's website.
9780199739400
0199739404
(ebook)
9780199933006
City and town life Rome History.
City and town life Turkey Istanbul History To 1500.
Social change Rome History.
Social change Turkey Istanbul History To 1500.
Vie urbaine Rome Histoire.
City and town life
Historiography
International relations
Social change
Spätantike
Rome (Italy) History.
Istanbul (Turkey) History.
Rome Historiography.
Istanbul (Turkey) Historiography.
Rome (Italy) Relations Turkey Istanbul.
Istanbul (Turkey) Relations Italy Rome.
Rome (Italie) Histoire.
İstanbul (Turquie) Histoire.
Italy Rome
Rome (Empire)
Turkey Istanbul
Rom
Konstantinopel
Istanbul.
History
Kelly, Gavin, 1974-
Grig, Lucy
Oxford studies in late antiquity.
Localisation: Bibliothèque main 283902
Cote: BIB 222389
Statut: Disponible
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