Understanding Integration in the Roman World / / edited by Elena Muñiz Grijalvo, Rosario Moreno Soldevila.

• TeilnehmendeR: Muñiz Grijalvo, Elena,; Moreno Soldevila, Rosario,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Impact of Empire Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 pages).

"Integration is a buzzword in the 21st century. However, academics still do not agree on its meaning and, above all, on its consequences. This book offers numerous examples showing that the inhabitants of the Roman Mediterranean were "integrated", i.e. were aware of the existence of a common framework of coexistence, without this necessarily resulting in a process of cultural convergence. The Spanish poet Martial explicitly refuses to be considered the brother of the Greek Charmenion (10.65): paradoxically, while reaffirming their differences, his satirical epigram confirms the existence of a common frame of reference that encompasses them both. Thus, understanding integration in the Roman world requires paying attention to the multifarious situations that allow to glimpse the complexity of integration in Roman times"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Foreword: understanding integration in the Roman world / Elena Muñiz-Grijalvo and Rosario Moreno Soldevila -- Integration revisited : how to address culture change in the Roman Empire. an agony in three fits / Frederick G. Naerebout -- Vox diversa : theoretical proposals about "integration" / Alberto Marina Castillo -- Nationes of enslaved and freed Romans / Rose MacLean -- Integration and self-integration of foreigners in the Roman census during the Roman Republic / Cristina Rosillo-López -- The (non)integration of Romans and Italians in Hispania during the Republic : some reflections / Francisco Pina Polo -- Local citizenship and non-elite integration in Roman Iberia / Louise Revell -- Roman women who feed : Epula and integration in Hispania during the Principate / Carmen Alarcón Hernández -- Gaining citizenship : agonistic paths to integration in the Roman Empire / Rocío Gordillo Hervás -- Literature and integration in Martial and Pliny the Younger / Rosario Moreno Soldevila -- Madness as a form of marginality and barbarism in the Imperial Roman political discourse / Juan R. Ballesteros -- Unlikely imperial gods : a reflection on some unexpected results of the integration of emperors into local Greek panthea / Fernando Lozano Gómez -- Estrangement and rapprochement : the alleged Egyptian origin of Graeco-Roman processions / Elena Muñiz Grijalvo -- Sanctuary narratives and seafarers' votive offerings : integration, continuity and persistence of maritime risk management strategies / Mirella Romero Recio.