The Global, the Local and the Glocal
Recent Approaches in Roman Archaeology
Will be published approx. on 5. February 2026
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-350-39842-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume explores the impact of Rome's globalizing empire upon identity and visual culture in its western and eastern provinces. It focuses particularly on the realities of glocal identities, the interconnectivity between people, ideas and technology, and the diverse and uniting nature of the empire.
The issue of how identities are shaped and remoulded by Roman conquest, and by the aftermath of empire, are central to contemporary debates across the disciplines of classical archaeology and ancient history. The theoretical framework of glocalization offers a starting point for nuanced discussion through its exploration of the adaptation of a global phenomenon to local realities. Informed by this innovative paradigm and drawing on a wide array of sources, the chapters in this volume range across iconography, religion, settlements, imperial power and identities. Together they investigate the ways in which local actors engaged with imperial structures, and how this phenomenon varied across the different provinces.
The issue of how identities are shaped and remoulded by Roman conquest, and by the aftermath of empire, are central to contemporary debates across the disciplines of classical archaeology and ancient history. The theoretical framework of glocalization offers a starting point for nuanced discussion through its exploration of the adaptation of a global phenomenon to local realities. Informed by this innovative paradigm and drawing on a wide array of sources, the chapters in this volume range across iconography, religion, settlements, imperial power and identities. Together they investigate the ways in which local actors engaged with imperial structures, and how this phenomenon varied across the different provinces.
Reviews / Votes
This volume provides a valuable contribution to the field of Roman studies and offers a strong case for utilizing glocalization as a theoretical framework in archaeology and history. -- Matthew Adam Cobb, Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UKMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
31 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
511 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-39842-9 (9781350398429)
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Persons
Francesca Mazzilli is a researcher at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy. Her main research interests are the pre-Roman and Roman Near East, Lusitania, Britain, religion, pottery, critical theory, networks and landscape.
Ruben Montoya Gonzalez is an Associate Researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, Italy.
Lukasz Sokolowski is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Classical Archaeology at the Art History Institute in Florence, Italy. His research focuses primarily on Roman art and portraiture with a particular interest in the Eastern Mediterranean and Syria.
Ruben Montoya Gonzalez is an Associate Researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, Italy.
Lukasz Sokolowski is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Classical Archaeology at the Art History Institute in Florence, Italy. His research focuses primarily on Roman art and portraiture with a particular interest in the Eastern Mediterranean and Syria.
Content
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Ancient Sources
1. Introduction Ruben Montoya Gonzalez (IE University, Spain); Lukasz Sokolowski (Art History Institute, Italy); Francesca Mazzilli (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)
2. Phoenician Memories in Hispania: Identity and Integration Across the (Local) Past and (Global) Present Francisco Machuca Prieto (Malaga University, Spain)
3. Glocalization in Peasant Communities of Central Roman Spain: Exploring Consumption Patterns Using Network Science Fernando Moreno-Navarro (Roma Tre University, Italy)
4. Location, Glocation, Dislocation, Wave, Fracture. Portraiture, Inscriptions and Arts of Roman Syria as the Products of Glocalization Lukasz Sokolowski (Art History Institute, Italy)
5. Apotropaic Display in the Rural Domestic Architecture of Roman Syria's Dead Cities: A Glocalization Study Dianne van de Zande (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
6. Glocalization and Roman Religious Communication in the Danubian Provinces Csaba Szabo (University of Szeged, Hungary)
7. Re-Syrianizing Jupiter Dolichenus: Heliopolitanus and Commagenus as the Glocal Intersections in the Danubian Limes Lorena Perez Yarza (University of Warsaw, Poland)
8. Global or Glocal? Considering the Role of Religious Collegia in Shaping the Roman North-West Alessandra Esposito (Kings College London, UK)
9. Concluding Remarks Valentino Gasparini (Charles III University of Madrid, Spain,)
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Ancient Sources
1. Introduction Ruben Montoya Gonzalez (IE University, Spain); Lukasz Sokolowski (Art History Institute, Italy); Francesca Mazzilli (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)
2. Phoenician Memories in Hispania: Identity and Integration Across the (Local) Past and (Global) Present Francisco Machuca Prieto (Malaga University, Spain)
3. Glocalization in Peasant Communities of Central Roman Spain: Exploring Consumption Patterns Using Network Science Fernando Moreno-Navarro (Roma Tre University, Italy)
4. Location, Glocation, Dislocation, Wave, Fracture. Portraiture, Inscriptions and Arts of Roman Syria as the Products of Glocalization Lukasz Sokolowski (Art History Institute, Italy)
5. Apotropaic Display in the Rural Domestic Architecture of Roman Syria's Dead Cities: A Glocalization Study Dianne van de Zande (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
6. Glocalization and Roman Religious Communication in the Danubian Provinces Csaba Szabo (University of Szeged, Hungary)
7. Re-Syrianizing Jupiter Dolichenus: Heliopolitanus and Commagenus as the Glocal Intersections in the Danubian Limes Lorena Perez Yarza (University of Warsaw, Poland)
8. Global or Glocal? Considering the Role of Religious Collegia in Shaping the Roman North-West Alessandra Esposito (Kings College London, UK)
9. Concluding Remarks Valentino Gasparini (Charles III University of Madrid, Spain,)