Palmyra, the Roman Empire, and the Third Century Crisis

Name: Palmyra, the Roman Empire, and the Third Century Crisis
Brand: Steiner Franz Verlag
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By Rubina Raja

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The third century is often seen as a period of crisis in the Roman world, marked by political upheaval, violence, war, religious strife, hyperinflation, climatic instability, pandemics, and border incursions. These troubled times, however, coincided with the peak of Palmyra's prosperity. They encompassed the Syrian city's drift towards centralised rulership and short-lived political hegemony in the Near East, as well as its reach for imperial power and downfall in the years 270-272 CE. How can this discrepancy between metropolitan crisis and peripheral prosperity be explained? Along with experts on different aspects of Palmyra, this volume gathers contributions from leading scholars working with the Roman Empire, and with neighbouring regions inside and beyond the imperial borders. Highlighting parallels, discrepancies, connections, and disconnections between developments in Palmyra and other parts of the world with which Palmyra interacted, the aim is a more critical, detailed, and nuanced understanding of the situation in the Roman Near East in the third century CE.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 323
Release Date:: 2025-12-04
Publication Date:: 2025-12-04
Publisher:: Steiner Franz Verlag
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 3515140212
ISBN13:: 9783515140218
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 552 g
Height:: 171 cm
Width:: 238 cm
Thickness:: 21 cm

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