Palmyrenes Abroad : Diasporas from Rome to Mesopotamia and Beyond

by: Sommer, M. Magnani, S. Castiello, A.

Michael Sommer (Hg.) , Stefano Magnani (Hg.) , Antonietta Castiello (Hg.)
Palmyrenes Abroad
Diasporas from Rome to Mesopotamia and Beyond

Palmyra was a unique place within the Roman Empire. The city, located in a Syrian oasis, preserved a culture and social organization of its own distinct character. It was closely intertwined with a larger region that extended beyond the boundaries of the Empire. Its livelihood was sustained through long-distance trade, not through agriculture or the production of commodities. And the people of Palmyra remained identifiable and distinguishable as Palmyrenes even when they left the oasis and established a life far from their homeland. Therefore, one can rightly speak of a Palmyrene diaspora, of which this book provides the first in-depth study.

Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Part I Diasporas Michael Sommer Out and about. Palmyrenes abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Part II Trajectories Ted Kaizer Some considerations about the religious dimension of the so-called Palmyrene diaspora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Stefano Magnani La diaspora militare palmirena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Ann-Christine Sander – Peter von Danckelman Leadership and diaspora – Palmyra?s elite abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Part III Areas Tommaso Gnoli La diaspora palmirena a Roma. Riflessioni di metodo sulla base di due noti monumenti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Ioan Piso – Ovidiu Țentea Les Palmyréniens dans la diaspora. Le cas de la Dacie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Matthew Cobb The Palmyrene merchant diaspora in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Lucinda Dirven The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Eivind Heldaas Seland The Palmyrene diaspora in Babylonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Danila Piacentini Diaspora palmirena: l?Arabia meridionale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Maria Gorea Palmyrene presence in Soqoṭra (Yemen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Tomas Larsen Høisæter Palmyrenes beyond the Erythraean Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Part IV Perspectives Antonietta Castiello Palmyrenes outside Palmyra: a case-study in diaspora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 List of contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Indices People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

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