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Hostages and Hostage-Taking in the Roman Empire (Hardcover)
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Hostages and Hostage-Taking in the Roman Empire (Hardcover)
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Hundreds of foreign hostages were detained among the Romans as the
empire grew in the Republic and early Principate. As prominent
figures at the center of diplomacy and as exotic representatives,
or symbols, of the outside world, they drew considerable attention
in Roman literature and other artistic media. Our sources discuss
hostages in terms of the geopolitics that motivated their
detention, as well as in accordance with other structures of power.
Hostages, thus, could be located in a social hierarchy, in a family
network, in a cultural continuum, or in a sexual role. In these
schemes, an individual Roman, or Rome in general, becomes not just
a conqueror, but also a patron, father, teacher, or generically
masculine. By focusing on the characterizations of hostages in
Roman culture, we witness Roman attitudes toward ethnicity and
imperial power. Joel Allen received his Ph.D. from Yale University
and currently is Assistant Professor of History at Queens College,
City University of New York.
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