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Woolf, Greg.

Tales of the barbarians : ethnography and empire in the Roman West / Greg Woolf. - Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 167 pages). - Blackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition . - Blackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Introduction -- Telling Tales on the Middle Ground -- Explaining the Barbarians -- Ethnography and Empire -- Enduring Fictions? -- Notes -- References -- General Index -- Index of Main Passages Discussed. Telling tales on the middle ground -- Explaining the barbarians -- Ethnography and empire -- Enduring fictions?

ISBN: 9781444390810 1444390813 1282889532 9781282889538

Source: 10.1002/9781444390810 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Acculturation--Rome.
National characteristics, West European.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rome--Ethnic relations.
Rome--Culture policy.
Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DG272 / .W66 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 937/.07