Mediterranean Paradigms and Classical Antiquity

In a world that is undergoing processes of globalization regions rather thannational units are becoming important and relevant frames of reference. Inrecent yea... » 

In a world that is undergoing processes of globalization regions rather thannational units are becoming important and relevant frames of reference. Inrecent years the regional concept of the Mediterranean has emerged both as aprogram for cultural networking as well as a conceptual tool for interpretingsociety and history. In this book prominent historians apply Mediterraneanparadigms to Classical Mediterranean Antiquity Greece and Rome allowing fora new approach to the ancient world and enhancing antiquitys relevance to theunderstanding of other historical periods as well as our contemporary world.This book was previously published as a special issue of the journalMediterranean Historical Review. «