Book contents
- Rome, China, and the Barbarians
- Rome, China, and the Barbarians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- A Note to the Reader
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Ethnography in the Classical Age
- Chapter 2 The Barbarian and Barbarian Antitheses
- Chapter 3 Ethnography in a Post-Classical Age
- Chapter 4 New Emperors and Ethnographic Clothes
- Chapter 5 The Confluence of Ethnographic Discourse and Political Legitimacy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 April 2020
- Rome, China, and the Barbarians
- Rome, China, and the Barbarians
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- A Note to the Reader
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Ethnography in the Classical Age
- Chapter 2 The Barbarian and Barbarian Antitheses
- Chapter 3 Ethnography in a Post-Classical Age
- Chapter 4 New Emperors and Ethnographic Clothes
- Chapter 5 The Confluence of Ethnographic Discourse and Political Legitimacy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This passage is a cornerstone in modern discussions of Greek identity in the fifth century BC as well as of ways in which ethnicity was perceived and constructed in the classical world. In this case, the Athenians clearly mark what distinguishes not only themselves but also the greater Hellenic community from the “barbarians,” a blanket term for those parts of humanity that share neither Greek cultural practices nor relations of shared kinship.
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- Rome, China, and the BarbariansEthnographic Traditions and the Transformation of Empires, pp. 1 - 27Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020