Tales of the Barbarians

Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Ancient & Classical
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Author: Greg Woolf ISBN: 9781444390803
Publisher: Wiley Publication: December 1, 2010
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Language: English
Author: Greg Woolf
ISBN: 9781444390803
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: December 1, 2010
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English

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
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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.

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