CLA233H1 Lecture : Roman Culture on the Frontiers of the Empire.docx
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Roman culture on the frontiers of the empire. What we have been discussing is the culture which we find at the centre of the a roman world, in. These places were either always roman or due to their proximity to the heart of the empire became completely and thoroughly roman at a very early time. The question then is how far did this culture spread out and how did it manifest in far-flung areas of the empire. One often gets the impression that there is a firm line between roman and non-roman (barbarian) Yet what we find the further we get away from rome is a hybrid of identities between native and roman cultures. The roman empire spread past the mediterranean into north africa, the asian minor and north to gaul, dacia and england. There are bath complexes found in england, and amphitheater as found in syria.