13029
Seminar
SoSe 21: The Eastern Roman Provinces
Sören Lund Sörensen
Information for students
Online
Comments
When the Roman general Pompey the Great in 64 BC BC defeated king Mithradates, vast areas came under the rule of Rome. Initially, two new provinces were established: the double province of Pontus-Bithynia and the province of Syria. Under Augustus and his successor Tiberius, two others followed: Galatia and Cappadocia. These four very different eastern provinces were very much unlike the traditional Greek territories previously been incorporated into the Roman Empire. Urbanization increased with the Romans: cities were founded, and roads were constructed. Greco-Roman culture spread among Arabs, Jews, Syrians, Galatians, and Persians. In these areas, the Romans were confronted with foreign gods, but at the same time the cult of the Roman emperor was introduced among the newly conquered peoples.
In this course we shall examine Rome's encounters with the inhabitans of these new provinces and the reactions to Roman supremacy, and we shall follow the spread of Greco-Roman culture and languages in areas into which it had hitherto only partially penetrated.
close
Suggested reading
Goodman, M. The Roman World, London 2012
Millar, F. The Roman Near East, Cambridge: Mass. 1995
Price, S. Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor, Cambridge 1984
Sommer, M. Syria: Geschichte einer zerstörten Welt, Stuttgart 2016
close
14 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2021-04-14 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-04-21 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-04-28 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-05-05 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-05-12 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-05-19 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-05-26 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-06-02 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-06-09 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-06-16 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-06-23 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-06-30 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-07-07 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2021-07-14 10:00 - 12:00