Richard Hingley here asks the questions: What is Romanization? Was Rome the first global culture? Romanization has been represented as a simple progression from barbarism to civilization. Roman forms ...in architecture, coinage, language and literature came to dominate the world from Britain to Syria. Hingley argues for a more complex and nuanced view in which Roman models provided the means for provincial elites to articulate their own concerns. Inhabitants of the Roman provinces were able to develop identities they never knew they had until Rome gave them the language to express them. Hingley draws together the threads of diverse and separate study, in one sophisticated theoretical framework that spans the whole Roman Empire. Students of Rome and those with an interest in classical cultural studies will find this an invaluable mine of information.
'A valuable addition to the scholarly literature.' - BMCR
'The explicit recognition of the complex relationship between past and present is one of the book's many strengths... a sophisticated and nuanced picture of 'Roman' identities... this book will do much to set the tone for a new generation of studies of the Roman World.' - Britannia
Specialist in Roman studies, with a particular focus upon Roman imperialism and the context of Roman research. Lecturer in Roman archaeology at the University of Durham. Author of Roman Officers and English Gentleman (Routledge 2000) and Images of Rome (Journal of Roman Archaeology, 2001).
Traditionally, scholars have approached Roman sexuality using categories of sexual ethics drawn from contemporary, Western society. In this 2006 book Dr Langlands seeks to move away from these ...towards a deeper understanding of the issues that mattered to the Romans themselves, and the ways in which they negotiated them, by focusing on the untranslatable concept of pudicitia (broadly meaning 'sexual virtue'). She offers a series of nuanced close readings of texts from a wide spectrum of Latin literature, including history, oratory, love poetry and Valerius Maximus' work Memorable Deeds and Sayings. Pudicitia emerges as a controversial and unsettled topic, at the heart of Roman debates about the difference between men and women, the relation between mind and body, and the ethics of power and status differentiation within Roman culture. The book develops strategies for approaching the study of an ancient culture through sensitive critical readings of its literary productions.
The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution.The Roman ...Market Economyuses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana were critical to ancient Rome's prosperity.
Peter Temin, one of the world's foremost economic historians, argues that markets dominated the Roman economy. He traces how the Pax Romana encouraged trade around the Mediterranean, and how Roman law promoted commerce and banking. Temin shows that a reasonably vibrant market for wheat extended throughout the empire, and suggests that the Antonine Plague may have been responsible for turning the stable prices of the early empire into the persistent inflation of the late. He vividly describes how various markets operated in Roman times, from commodities and slaves to the buying and selling of land. Applying modern methods for evaluating economic growth to data culled from historical sources, Temin argues that Roman Italy in the second century was as prosperous as the Dutch Republic in its golden age of the seventeenth century.
The Roman Market Economyreveals how economics can help us understand how the Roman Empire could have ruled seventy million people and endured for centuries.
The aim of this book is to approach the manifestation and evolution of the idea of Rome as an expression of Roman patriotism and as an (urban) archetype of utopia in late Roman thought in a period ...extending from AD 357 to 417. Within this period of about a human lifetime, the concepts of Rome and Romanitas were reshaped and used for various ideological causes. This monograph is unfolding through a selection of sources that represent the patterns and diversity of this ideological process. The theme of Rome as a personified and anthropomorphic figure and as an epitomized notion 'applied' on the urban landscape of the city would become part of the identity of the Romans of Rome highlighting a sense of cultural uniqueness in comparison to the inhabitants of other cities. Towards the end of the chronological limits set in this thesis various versions of Romanitas would emerge indicating new physical and spiritual potentials.
Uvod: Zdravstveno veleučilište je jedina visokoškolska ustanova u Hrvatskoj koja od 2015., poštujući pravilo pozitivne diskriminacije, svake akademske godine omogućava upis po jednog najbolje ...rangiranog pripadnika romske zajednice na svaki od studijskih smjerova iz područja zdravstvenih neliječničkih profesija, zahvaljujući čemu se broj pripadnika romske manjine sa završenom najvišom razinom edukacije znatno povećava na dobrobit same zajednice, ali i društva u cjelini.
Cilj i svrha rada: Svrha je rada približiti romsku problematiku prvenstveno drugim studentima pojedinih smjerova zdravstvenih profesija kako bi se dodatno povećalo razumijevanje važnosti uvedene prakse pozitivne diskriminacije i dodatno potaknulo većinsko stanovništvo na integraciju Roma u sve aspekte društva, uz uvažavanje i poticanje očuvanja posebnosti i bogatstva romske zajednice.
Metode rada: U radu se na temelju korištenja sekundarnim, javno dostupnim podacima, kao i rezultatima ranije provedenih istraživanja, postupcima analize i sinteze te indukcije i dedukcije daje pregled prisutnosti Roma u Europi i u Hrvatskoj te opisuju osnovna obilježja njihova porijekla, načina života, vjeroispovijesti, jezika i kulture kroz kritički osvrt na odnos između romskih skupina, kao i odnos većinskog stanovništva prema Romima te poziciju romske nacionalne manjine između asimilacije i potpune integracije u društvo.
Rezultat i diskusija: Romi su najveća etnička manjina koju čini najmanje 10 do 12 milijuna ljudi, od kojih više od šest milijuna živi na području EU-a, pretežno u zemljama geografski smještenima na teritorijima središnjih i istočnih država članica te dominantno na području Balkana. Prikaz povijesti migracije Roma prema europskom teritoriju poslužio je kao podloga za kritički osvrt na postojeće spoznaje o teritorijalnim, kulturološkim i dijalektološkim razlikama između različitih grupa Roma kako u svijetu tako i između grupa koje žive na području Hrvatske – sve od njihova dolaska do današnjih dana, s naglaskom na povijest i proces naseljavanja Rome Bajaše kao najbrojnije skupine Roma koji dominantno žive na području Međimurske županije.
Zaključak: Rromanipe ili romstvo pokazuje se kao integrirajući čimbenik identiteta i očuvanja opstojnosti Roma te najvažniji čimbenik kojim se Romi opiru asimilaciji i gubitku identiteta u odnosu na većinsko stanovništvo. Očuvanjem njihova identiteta, kulture i tradicije većinsko se stanovništvo obogaćuje kroz susret i dijalog s drugim, uz poštivanje različitosti i napredak i rast svih uključenih u taj susret.
Assessing the value of marketing to a business remains a thorny issue in theory and practice. Decision-making at the finance–marketing interface is under-researched, particularly for project ...businesses. Confronted by demands of accountability concerning the allocation of resources to meet competitive pressures, the paper examines the quality and extent of dialogue in investment decision-making. The return on investment (ROI) and marketing-specific investment (ROMI) are important factors at the marketing–finance interface. ROMI/ROI is examined from quantitative and qualitative viewpoints. The empirical evidence shows that short-term financial criteria dominate and are misaligned to long-term performance of project businesses and business units. Marketing investment in relation to project markets poses a particularly challenging environment. Client lifetime value and programme data sets for ROMI coupled with qualitative decision-making offer ways forward with constructive dialogue at the finance–marketing interface. The paper concludes with detailed recommendations for research and practice.
•Paper proceeds with setting out an overview of the ROMI in the framework of project.•ROMI analysis uses the marketing mix and relationship marketing concepts in the project context.•Qualitative research permits understanding the marketing-finance interface in project situations.•Study permits to check the engagement at this interface (acceptance + management).
Povijest romskoga stanovništva na hrvatskim područjima većinom je bila obilježena razdobljima u kojima su ga vlasti nastojale represivnim putem asimilirati u većinsko
stanovništvo. Za vrijeme Drugoga ...svjetskog rata nacističke su vlasti i njihovi
saveznici proveli genocid nad njima. Upravo je to ratno razdoblje smatrano
središnjom točkom u povijesti romskoga stanovništva. U radu se analizira na
koji se način pisalo o stradanju Roma u odabranim leksikografskim djelima
izdanima od 1945. do danas. Kako bi se bolje razumjeli rezultati ove analize, istraživanjem su obuhvaćene leksikografske publikacije određenih europskih zemalja. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su kako je tema stradanja Roma u hrvatskim
leksikografskim izdanjima nedovoljno zastupljena, što je bio slučaj i u drugim
europskim leksikografijama. Ovakav odnos hrvatske leksikografije prema
povijesti jedne od najstarijih i danas jedne od brojnijih manjinske skupine u
Republici Hrvatskoj odraz je marginalizacije kulture sjećanja na romske žrtve
unutar hrvatskoga društva, posebice u znanosti i kulturi.
Similarly to other European countries, the history of the Roma population in Croatian areas was marked mostly by most periods of persecution and suffering, when the
authorities tried to use repression in order to assimilate the Roma into the
majority population. One such period was during World War II, when genocide
against the Roma was carried out in many European countries by the Nazi
authorities and their allies. After the War, the culture of remembering Roma
victims became marginalised in Croatia. This paper examines how Croatian
lexicography approached the issue of the significance of Roma suffering during
World War II in selected lexicographical works from 1945 till today, and
compares it to lexicographical publications from certain other European
countries. Research shows that Croatian lexicography neglected the importance
of Roma genocidal suffering as a central point in the history of the Roma
population. Such a similar marginal attitude towards Roma suffering in World
War II was present in other European lexicographies, which is only one of the
arguments in favour of the thesis that post-war society in Europe, including
Croatian society, neglected the importance of researching Roma suffering in war
and thus marginalised the culture of remembrance of Roma victims of genocide,
especially in science and culture.
U radu je analiziran položaj romskog stanovništva na slavonskom području za vrijeme Drugoga svjetskog rata. Istraživanje je bilo usmjereno na analizu politike državnih i lokalnih vlasti prema Romima, ...koja je uključivala mjere poput njihovog popisivanja, zabrane kretanja i u konačnici njihove sustavne deportacije u jasenovački logor, gdje je znatan dio njih ubijen. Drugi dio odnosi se na analizu odnosa neromskog stanovništva na slavonskom području prema progonu i stradanju njihovih romskih sumještana, unutar kojeg su opisani slučajevi u kojima je dio Slavonaca izravno nastojao spasiti Rome molbama i drugim intervencijama kod ustaških lokalnih i državnih vlasti.
City Walls in Late Antiquity Intagliata, Emanuele; Barker, Simon J; Courault, Christopher
2020, 2020-06-30
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The construction of urban defences was one of the hallmarks of the late Roman and late-antique periods (300-600 AD) throughout the western and eastern empire. City walls were the most significant ...construction projects of their time and they redefined the urban landscape. Their appearance and monumental scale, as well as the cost of labour and material, are easily comparable to projects from the High Empire; however, urban circuits provided late-antique towns with a new means of self-representation. While their final appearance and construction techniques varied greatly, the cost involved and the dramatic impact that such projects had on the urban topography of late-antique cities mark city walls as one of the most important urban initiatives of the period.To-date, research on city walls in the two halves of the empire has highlighted chronological and regional variations, enabling scholars to rethink how and why urban circuits were built and functioned in Late Antiquity. Although these developments have made a significant contribution to the understanding of late-antique city walls, studies are often concerned with one single monument/small group of monuments or a particular region, and the issues raised do not usually lead to a broader perspective, creating an artificial divide between east and west. It is this broader understanding that this book seeks to provide.The volume and its contributions arise from a conference held at the British School at Rome and the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome on June 20-21, 2018. It includes articles from world-leading experts in late-antique history and archaeology and is based around important themes that emerged at the conference, such as construction, spolia-use, late-antique architecture, culture and urbanism, empire-wide changes in Late Antiquity, and the perception of this practice by local inhabitants.
Sicily has been the fulcrum of the Mediterranean throughout history. The island’s central geographical position and its status as ancient Rome’s first overseas province make it key to understanding ...the development of the Roman Empire. Yet Sicily’s crucial role in the empire has been largely overlooked by scholars of classical antiquity, apart from a small number of specialists in its archaeology and material culture. Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily offers the first comprehensive English-language overview of the history and archaeology of Roman Sicily since R. J. A. Wilson’s Sicily under the Roman Empire (1990). Laura Pfuntner traces the development of cities and settlement networks in Sicily in order to understand the island’s political, economic, social, and cultural role in Rome’s evolving Mediterranean hegemony. She identifies and examines three main processes traceable in the archaeological record of settlement in Roman Sicily: urban disintegration, urban adaptation, and the development of alternatives to urban settlement. By expanding the scope of research on Roman Sicily beyond the bounds of the island itself, through comparative analysis of the settlement landscapes of Greece and southern Italy, and by utilizing exciting evidence from recent excavations and surveys, Pfuntner establishes a new empirical foundation for research on Roman Sicily and demonstrates the necessity of including Sicily in broader historical and archaeological studies of the Roman Empire.
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