"Parts of the book have been used ... at the Conference on Race, Religion and Culture in Late Antiquity ..."--Page xiii.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-350) and index.
Sect. I. Evidence and ancient attitudes. 1. The evidence and the problems. 2. The demographic and legal background. 3. Attitudes to foreigners -- Sect. II. Moving to Rome. 4. Who moved to Rome? 5. Why did people move to Rome? 6. The practicalities of moving to Rome -- Sect. III. Living at Rome. 7. Aspects of foreigners' lives at Rome. 8. Foreign groups at Rome -- App. A list of individual immigrants recorded in inscriptions.
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"This book is the first comprehensive study of Rome's foreign-born element. The author uses inscriptions and literature to explore the experiences of newcomers to the capital. The results are compared with the colourful Roman stereotypes of different immigrant groups."--Jacket.