Rome, China, and the Barbarians. Ethnographic Traditions and the Transformation of Empires, Paperback

Examines how ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese constructed a civilized sense of Self and a 'barbarian' Other, and how these notions held up in critical periods of barbarian invasion and conquest. Gives original insights into the 'fall' of the Western Roman Empire and the sixth-century reunification of China.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Author(s): Randolph B. (State University of New York, Albany) Ford
• Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises; 12 Maps
• Number of pages: 389
• Publication date: 2022
• Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 28
• Cover type: Paperback / softback