01491nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200160007610000190009224500430011126000370015430000140019150011210020565000190132620250714155848.0250714s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780521887304  a937.06bREV  aRevell, Louise 0aRoman Imperialism and Local Identities  bCambridge University Pressc2008  a240 pages  aIn this book, Louise Revell examines questions of Roman imperialism and Roman ethnic identity and explores Roman imperialism as a lived experience based around the paradox of similarity and difference. Her case studies of public architecture in several urban settings provides an understanding of the ways in which urbanism, the emperor and religion were part of the daily encounters of the peoples in these communities. Revell applies the ideas of agency and practice in her examination of the structures that held the empire together and how they were implicated within repeated daily activities. Rather than offering a homogenized "ideal type" description of Roman cultural identity, she uses these structures as a way to understand how these encounters differed between communities and within communities, thus producing a more nuanced interpretation of what it was to be Roman. Bringing an innovative approach to the problem of Romanization, Revell breaks from traditional models and cuts across a number of entrenched debates such as arguments about the imposition of Roman culture or resistance to Roman rule.  aSocial Science