Roman Rule in Greek and Latin Writing ─ Double Vision

This book explores the ways in which Greek and Latin writers from the late 1st to the 3rd century CE experienced and portrayed Roman cultural institutions and power. The central theme is the relationship between cultures as reflected in Greek and Latin authors' responses to Roman power; in practice the collection revisits the orthodoxy of two separate intellectual groups, differentiated as much by cultural and political agendas as by language. The book features specialists in Greek and Roman literary andintellectual culture; it gathers papers on a variety of authors, across several literary genres, and through this spectrum, makes possible an informed and detailed comparison of Greek and Latin literary views of Roman power (in various manifestations, including military, religion, law and politics).

Roger Rees, PhD (1997), is Reader in Latin at St Andrews University. His main research and publications concern panegyric in Roman society, especially in Late Antiquity.Jesper Majbom Madsen, PhD (2006), is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Southern Denmark. His main research and publications concern cultural identity in the Roman Empire. Contributors include: Rhiannon Ash, Tonnes Bekker-Nielsen, Ewen Bowie, Jesper Carlsen, Bruce Gibson, Jill Harries, Joe Howley, Jason Konig, Jesper Majbom Madsen, John Moles and Roger Rees.