Andrew C. Johnston is Assistant Professor of Classics and History at Yale University.
An original contribution to the history of the Roman west that
deserves to be widely read.
*Greg Woolf, University of London*
Johnston marshals an impressive volume of evidence to illustrate
the vibrancy and diversity of cultures in Gaul and the Iberian
peninsula during the Roman Empire. He shows how local (not central
or imperial) agency played a critical role in shaping identity. The
Sons of Remus is an important book.
*Carlos Noreña, University of California, Berkeley*
This book is a powerful argument for the primacy of local identity
in the Roman West (challenging the implications of the now
ubiquitous language of ‘becoming Roman’) and for the importance of
the pre-Roman past in the social memory of provincial communities
(rebutting conventional accounts of a ‘forgetful’ West). The
argument is developed through a series of scintillating close
readings of an extraordinarily rich array of epigraphic and
literary texts…This provocative and important contribution to the
literature on identity in the western provinces is the fruit of
extensive and profound research.
*Bryn Mawr Classical Review*
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