Govero, ThomasCorrado, CrispinTondini, Tatiana2024-05-292024-05-292022Tondini, Tatiana. "The Reception of Egyptian Culture in Early Imperial Rome". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2022.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14490/44Thesis (B.A. in Classical Studies, Minor in History)--John Cabot University, Spring 2022.Historically, the Romans tended to integrate rather than suppress the cultures of the peoples they vanquished. Between the end of the Republic and the early stage of the Empire, however, the city of Rome broke with their traditional tolerance, just as it was annexing Egypt. At this moment, in fact, a negative view about the Egyptians spread among the Roman authorities. The result was that, in Rome, a series of decrees were issued to counter the spread of the Egyptian culture. This reaction was in full contrast to the Roman cities of Delos, Pompeii, and Aquileia, which did regard positively and integrate Egyptian culture. The reason for this difference was the Roman need to re-embrace traditional Roman values at a time when the city was experiencing political and social clashes. The result was that Roman authorities enforced a negative and hostile view towards Egyptian culture, which was considered contrary to Roman values. This thesis explores and compares the different reception of Egyptian culture in the cities of Rome, Delos, Pompeii, and Aquileia, and seeks to find reasons for those differences.93 pagesenAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/RomansGreco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.Classical antiquitiesThesis