Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond

by: Raja, R.

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Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond

Series: Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity

Editor: Rubina Raja, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Rubina Raja, Eivind Heldaas Seland, Jean-Baptiste Yon, Leonardo Gregoratti, Katia Schörle, John F. Healey, Maura K. Heyn, Eleonora Cussini, Nathanael Andrade

Palmyra is one of the most famous sites of the ancient world and played a major role in the overland trade between the Mediterranean and the East. This volume explores fascinating aspects of Palmyrene archaeology and history that underline the site's dynamic relations with the Roman world, whilst simultaneously acknowledging its extremely local nature. The chapters explore Palmyra as a site, but also Palmyrene society both at home and abroad – as travellers in the then known world and contractors and businesspeople as well as innovative political and military leaders of their time. They illuminate Palmyra's and Palmyrene society's negotiations, struggles, benefits and disadvantages from being part of the Roman Empire, situated on the fringes between the East and the West, and their use of this location to recreate themselves as a central power player – at least for a time – within a rapidly changing world.

Shows how our understanding of Palmyra within the context of the Roman Empire must and can be broadened through revisiting the evidence on the basis of recent research
Situates Palmyra centre-stage as an important oasis city in the Syrian Desert, where an immense amount of archaeological and written evidence survives
Reveals the Mediterranean to be a region of dynamic interrelations which stretched far beyond the shores of the Mediterranean

Table of Contents
1. Palmyra in the Mediterranean World Rubina Raja
2. The Western Networks of Palmyra Eivind Heldaas Seland
3. You Can't Get There from Here: Itineraries of the Palmyrenes in the Mediterranean Jean-Baptiste Yon
4. Palmyrene Iconographic Traditions and the Mediterranean Connections: A Note on Some Signet Seal Impressions on the Palmyrene Tesserae Rubina Raja
5. Palmyra and Emesa or 'Palmyre sans Émèse': Some Considerations on Palmyrene Trade Networks and the Mediterranean Leonardo Gregoratti
6. Organizing Networks to Supply Mediterranean Markets Katia Schörle
7. Language, Law and Religion: The Palmyrene Tariff in Its Roman Context John F. Healey
8. Channels of Communication and Connections of Style
Palmyrene Portraiture in Its Wider Context Maura K. Heyn
9. Identity and Mobility of Palmyrene Jews Eleonora Cussini
10. Palmyrene Military Expatriation and Its Religious Transfer at Roman Dura-Europos, Dacia and Numidia Nathanael Andrade.

Contributors
Rubina Raja, Eivind Heldaas Seland, Jean-Baptiste Yon, Leonardo Gregoratti, Katia Schörle, John F. Healey, Maura K. Heyn, Eleonora Cussini, Nathanael Andrade

Editor
Rubina Raja , Aarhus Universitet, Denmark

Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond

by: Raja, R.

• ISBN-13: 9781009532082 / 978-1-009-53208-2
• ISBN-03: 1009532081 / 1-00-953208-1
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025

Price: 105,04 EURO

1 copy in stock