Romans and Aliens
J. P. V. D. Balsdon’s study of how Romans saw foreigners, and how foreigners saw Rome. He works through the vocabulary of contempt and curiosity, the treatment of Greeks, Gauls, Jews, Syrians and Egyptians, the practical business of citizenship, and the ways provincials became Roman. Packed with material from the sources that is hard to find gathered anywhere else.
Recommended by 1 Person
Adrienne Mayor
So, Balsdon really combed through the sources to give us a view of Rome and its enemies. It’s just jam-packed with lots of out-of-the-way information, fascinating material that is really hard to find in any other book.
Interview · May 2010
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