Table of Contents
List of Tables v
List of Illustrations vi
List of Contributors ix
Introduction 1
1 The beauty of the Oikumene has two edges: Nurturing Roman Imperialism in the “Glocalizing” traditions of the East 7Ljuben Tevdovski
2 “Triggered identity”: The use of Macedonian ethnic by Blaundos in confrontation with the Roman Empire 29Luca Mazzini
3 The population of Siscia in the light of epigraphy 47Ivan Radman-Livaja
4 Roman presence in Athens in the light of epigraphic sources 63Aleksandar Simić
5 Global and local in the sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods in Marathon: The construction of a cultural identity in Roman Greece 79Dafni Maikidou-Poutrino
6 Consciousness of connectivity: Roman temples in southern Syria 97Francesca Mazzilli
7 Macedonian, Greek, or Egyptian? Navigating the royal additive identities of Ptolemy I Soter and Ptolemy II Philadelphus 119Rachel J. Mittelman
8 Being Mithraist: Embracing ‘other’ in the Roman cultural milieu 139Nina Mazhjoo
9 “There are always two sides to every story”: Roman rule, cultural continuities and ethnic identity in southern Hispania 155Francisco Machuca Prieto
10 Unlocking ritual performances in the Romano-British countryside: How small finds and structured deposits enrich our understanding of provincial priesthoods 173Alessandra Esposito
11 Purification through puppies: Dog symbolism and sacrifice in the Mediterranean world 189Aaron W. Irvin and Jason Lundock
12 Communities at the edges of the Roman world: The perception of identity in the Roman Iron Age Barbaricum 209Kala Drewniak
13 Deconstructing “Balkan Latin” 225Dragana Kunčer
14 The importance of being earnest: Why precise language matters 243Kaja Stemberger Flegar
15 The dictatorship of identity: Soviet scholarship and Roman imperialism 255Anton Y. Baryshnikov
Index 271