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The inspiration for this volume comes from the work of its dedicatee, Brent D. Shaw, who is one of the most original and wide-ranging historians of the ancient world of the last half-century and continues to open up exciting new fields for exploration. Each of the distinguished contributors has produced a cutting-edge exploration of a topic in the history and culture of the Roman Empire dealing with a subject on which Professor Shaw has contributed valuable work. Three major themes extend across the volume as a whole. First, the ways in which the Roman world represented an intricate web of connections even while many people's lives remained fragmented and local. Second, the ways in which the peculiar Roman space promoted religious competition in a sophisticated marketplace for practices and beliefs, with Christianity being a major benefactor. Finally, the varying forms of violence which were endemic within and between communities.
Contents
Part I. Empire: 1. Germs and Empire: The Agency of the Microscopic Kyle Harper; 2. Imperial Integration on Rome's Atlantic Rim Carlos Noreña; 3. The Ambitions of Government: Sovereignty and Control in the Ancient Countryside Clifford Ando; 4. Contingency and Context: The Origins of the Jewish War against Rome Erich S. Gruen; Part II. Religion: 5. The First Christian Family of Egypt Sabine R. Huebner; 6. Missionaries, Pious Merchants, Freelance Religious Experts, and the Spread of Christianity Éric Rebillard; 7. Christian Piety in Late Antiquity: Contexts and Contestations Claudia Rapp; 8. Ausonius at the Edge of Empire: Consular Poetics as Cognitive Improvisation Mark Vessey; 9. Peregrinationes in Psalmos Catherine Conybeare; 10. Muhammad's Rivals: Prophets in Late Antique Arabia Glen W. Bowersock; Epilogue: 11. Brent Shaw: An Intellectual Profile Peter Brown.
