01546nam a2200169Ia 4500 20250714155848.0 250714s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9780521887304 937.06 REV Revell, Louise Roman Imperialism and Local Identities Cambridge University Press 2008 240 pages In 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. Social Science ENGLISH 575687 575687 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL 7B 2025-07-14 0 937.06 REV 193944 2025-07-14 15:58:48 2025-07-14 ENGLISH