Foreigners at Rome

Citizens and Strangers

by David Noy

Book cover: Foreigners at Rome

Extent: 373 pages

Publisher: The Classical Press of Wales

Subjects: Classical Studies

Series: Roman World

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(August 2022)

ISBN: 9781914535284

Price: $35.00

In stock

Hardback (Out of print)

(December 2000)

ISBN: 9780715629529

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $95.00

Out of stock

PDF (Published)

(December 2000)

ISBN: 9781914535079

Price: $76.00

‘The Tiber has been joined by the Orontes’. So wrote the Roman satirist Juvenal, in a complaint about immigration to the Empire’s capital. Rome was constantly sustained by immigrants. Some were voluntary – craftworkers, soldiers, teachers and intellectuals. Countless others came as slaves. What happened to them after arrival? Did they try to keep contact with their homelands? Did they form distinctive communities within Rome? This book is the first comprehensive study of Rome’s foreign-born element. The author uses inscriptions and literature to explore the experiences of newcomers to the capital. The results are compared with the colourful Roman stereotypes of different immigrant groups.

  • By (author) David Noy