Cultural Identity in the Roman Empire

Ray Laurence is a Lecturer in the Department of Classics at the University of Reading. He is the author of The Roads of Roman Italy: Mobility and Cultural Change (Routledge 1999) and Roman Pompeii: Space and Society (Routledge 1994). Joanne Berry is Rome scholar in Italian studies at the British School at Rome. Her research interests are Pompeii, artefact assemblages and the Roman house.

• 1. Introduction Ray Laurence 2. Cohors the Governor and his Entourage in the Self-Image of the Roman Republic David Braund 3. Punic Persistence: Colonialism and Cultural Identities in Roman Sardinia Peter van Dommelen 4. Constructing the Self and the Other in Cyrenaica Eireann Marshall 5. Roman Imperialism and the City in Italy Kathryn Lomas 6. Landscape and Cultural Identity in Roman Britain David Petts 7. Territory, Ethnonyms and Geography: the Construction of Identity in Roman Italy Ray Laurence 8. Romancing the Celts: a Segmentary Approach to Acculturation Alex Woolf 9. A Spirit of Improvement? Marble and Culture in Roman Britain Raphael M.J. Isserlin 10. Material Culture and Roman Identity: the Spatial Layout of Pompeian Houses and the Problem of Ethnicity Mark Grahame 11. The Identity of the Dead: Marginal Groups in Roman Nimes Valerie M. Hope.

'A timely intervention in one of the most energised and controversial fields of current academic enquiry ... an important volume that deserves to be read by all involved in the area.' - Bryn Mawr Classical Review