Inter duo Imperia

Palmyra between East and West

edited by Michael Sommer

Book cover: Inter duo Imperia

Extent: 167 pages

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Classical Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Oriens et Occidens

Series volume number: 31

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(June 2020)

ISBN: 9783515127745

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $75.00

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Palmyra – in the Roman imperial period, the marvel of the Syrian Desert was situated at the crossroads of the intercontinental long-distance trade, in a political and cultural twilight between the East and the West: inter duo imperia, “between the two empires”, according to Pliny the Elder. How accurate is Pliny’s description of the oasis of Tadmur? How strongly was Roman influence felt in the city of Bel – and how did it develop over the centuries? What was the significance of trade? And how did the close interaction between sedentary and nomadic populations shape society in the oasis? The authors revisit the textual and material evidence on and from Palmyra in the light of recent research, spanning five centuries of Near Eastern history.

  • Edited by Michael Sommer