The East–West Orientation of Mediterranean Studies and the Meaning of North and South in Antiquity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23739223 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G W Bowersock (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Pages | 167-178 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Rethinking the Mediterranean (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780199265459.003.0007 |
| OpenAlex | W4388377305 |
| ISBN | 9780199265459 |
| Open Library | OL15570029M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Historians of both classical and late antiquity have a natural tendency to view the world they study as fundamentally divided into East and West. The reasons are obvious. Greeks were in the east, Romans in the west. The Roman Empire brought the parts together for some centuries before the successors of Constantine divided it definitively once again. Christianity perpetuated the split between East and West, and papal authority in the West confronts the eastern patriarchs down to this day. This division has taken the Mediterranean Sea as its nodal point, largely for reasons of communication and commerce.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Christianity · Empire · Geography · Greeks · Late Antiquity · Meaning (existential) · Natural (archaeology) · Roman Empire · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |