Insularity and Identity in the Roman Mediterranean

"The great value of this collection has to do with the way it shifts focus from the Roman Mediterranean as a whole to the experience of inhabitants of individual islands within the Mediterranean." ~Classical Journal

"The present volume is an important methodological contribution for all those interested in insular studies more broadly, as many of the questions and problems raised therein can be applied to comparable contexts in various periods... [T]he volume will also be welcome by those interested in the Roman Empire in general." ~Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"Overall, this book is a fantastic resource for scholars of Mediterranean islands. Its value lies particularly in bringing together these international scholars to focus on big and small islands that are not well represented in international literature nor in general works related to the Roman world. Many of these islands, island groups, and archipelagoes have strong internal or local academic traditions but have seen little representation on the international stage. This is particularly true of Corsica, for which chapter 9 makes great strides in presenting the island’s resources in this international forum. The eastern and central Mediterranean are represented well, though one lacuna is the Balearic Islands; it might have made sense to include one of the scholars from this western Mediterranean region who is working on issues of insularity, colonialism, and the indigenous island communities. Nevertheless, this is a praiseworthy collection of scholarship discussing islands that are often overlooked and examining a time period that is regularly ignored within Mediterranean island archaeology." ~American Journal Of Archaeology

"The true value of the volume, however, lies in the island case-studies… These make the book a very useful compilation for those interested in the Mediterranean island experience in Roman times." ~Current World Archaeology

"Insularity and Identity in the Roman Mediterranean is a collection of papers organised as numbered chapters that specifically, highlight the way Mediterranean islands, or island groups, functioned and the way they were connected to other regions within the Roman empire." ~Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Vol. 28.2