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Mass Violence and Genocide in the Roman World

By (author) Tristan Taylor

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Focusing on the Roman world from the early second century CE through to the fourth century CE, this volume examines episodes of mass-violence associated with war and imperial expansion, and also episodes of violence associated with religious struggles, particularly in late antiquity. How episodes of mass-violence are represented and justified, if at all, is as important to this study as what events actually happened. It is therefore as much a history of the representation of mass-violence, as its occurrence. The book raises four key questions: first, are there any episodes of mass-violence represented that could fit under modern definitions of 'genocide'? If there are such events, is there anything that distinguishes them from other contemporary episodes of mass-violence in how they are represented and justified? Are there any changes over time? Finally, how do these observations compare to modern understandings and theories of genocide? The topic is approached chronologically with chapters devoted to key periods and also thematically within these periods. The book focuses primarily on the rich body of literary sources but material evidence, particularly depicting Roman violence in warfare, will also be considered where relevant.

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