Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction: Presenting the Romans – Issues and Approaches to Interpretation
- 1 Tradition and Innovation: Creating a New Handbook to the Roman Wall
- 2 Re-enactment and Living History – Issues about Authenticity
- 3 Reconstruction Drawings: Illustrating the Evidence
- 4 Images from the Past: Fibulae as Evidence for the Architectural Appearance of Roman Fort Gates
- 5 Multimedia Interpretation Techniques for Reconstructing the Roman Past at the Limes Museum in Aalen and at the Limes in Baden-Württemberg
- 6 Vindonissa: Changing Presentations of a Roman Legionary Fortress
- 7 Bringing to Life the Ancient City of Viminacium on the Danube
- 8 An International View of Reconstruction
- 9 A Roman Museum for Vienna
- 10 Woerden – Hoochwoert (Dutch Limes): Showing the Invisible
- 11 Mainlimes Mobil: Presenting Archaeology and Museums with the Help of Smartphones
- 12 Voices from the Past: Presenting (re)Constructed Environments through Multimedia Technologies
- 13 Digital Reconstruction and the Public Interpretation of Frontiers
- 14 Information, Disinformation and Downright Lies: Portraying the Romans
- 15 Romanes eunt Domus?
- 16 The Living Frontier: the Passing of Time on Hadrian's Wall
- 17 The Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework: Audience Research
- 18 The Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework
- 19 Applying the Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Heritage Matters
15 - Romanes eunt Domus?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction: Presenting the Romans – Issues and Approaches to Interpretation
- 1 Tradition and Innovation: Creating a New Handbook to the Roman Wall
- 2 Re-enactment and Living History – Issues about Authenticity
- 3 Reconstruction Drawings: Illustrating the Evidence
- 4 Images from the Past: Fibulae as Evidence for the Architectural Appearance of Roman Fort Gates
- 5 Multimedia Interpretation Techniques for Reconstructing the Roman Past at the Limes Museum in Aalen and at the Limes in Baden-Württemberg
- 6 Vindonissa: Changing Presentations of a Roman Legionary Fortress
- 7 Bringing to Life the Ancient City of Viminacium on the Danube
- 8 An International View of Reconstruction
- 9 A Roman Museum for Vienna
- 10 Woerden – Hoochwoert (Dutch Limes): Showing the Invisible
- 11 Mainlimes Mobil: Presenting Archaeology and Museums with the Help of Smartphones
- 12 Voices from the Past: Presenting (re)Constructed Environments through Multimedia Technologies
- 13 Digital Reconstruction and the Public Interpretation of Frontiers
- 14 Information, Disinformation and Downright Lies: Portraying the Romans
- 15 Romanes eunt Domus?
- 16 The Living Frontier: the Passing of Time on Hadrian's Wall
- 17 The Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework: Audience Research
- 18 The Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework
- 19 Applying the Hadrian's Wall Interpretation Framework
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Heritage Matters
Summary
Borders and boundaries are a natural part of every society. We place ourselves behind walls to separate ourselves from others as part of the creation of our identity. These borders can be physical or metaphorical. The most extreme form of border is one where the person looking out from behind the wall assumes a position of superiority over those on the outside. But not all borders have to take this form. Borders which are not physically manifest or only virtual may have a more neutral flavour. Physical proximity is often seen as a threat whereas detached observation at a distance neutralises any threat. Those on the outside then appear as merely exotic rather than as a potential enemy.
Borders were extremely important for the Roman Empire. The later Empire especially was defined by its sense of difference, and superiority, from those on the outside of its borders. In the modern world, our engagement with ancient Rome is as outsiders, beyond the borders now of time. The engagement we have with Rome is complex, since Rome finds its place not only in academic culture but also in the popular arts.
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- Presenting the RomansInterpreting the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site, pp. 139 - 146Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2013