WILEY TALES OF THE BARBARIANS ETHNOGRAPHY AND EMPIRE IN THE ROMAN WEST 2014 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: TALES OF THE BARBARIANS: ETHNOGRAPHY AND EMPIRE IN

THE ROMAN WEST

PUBLISHER: WILEY LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LINK: http://is.gd/EgvZMk RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL

FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2015.01.06

ISBN: 9781118785102 STORE DATE: 2014

SAVED.MONEY: 72 EURO DISKCOUNT: 01 x 05MB

AUTHOR: GREG WOOLF



BOOK



Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in

the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers

the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient

material



* Investigates the connections between empire and knowledge at

the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in

the Roman West



* Explores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories

of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and

local experts



* Offers a fresh perspective by examining passages from ancient

writers in a new light