Romans and Blacks (Routledge Revivals)

<p>Making extensive use of developments in sociological theory and psychology <i>Romans and Blacks</i> first published in 1989 presents an innovative and illuminating picture of black-white relations in Roman society. It is argued that 'race' as a somatic identification that entails permanent and genetically transmitted social disabilities was absent and that the main deference-entitling distinctions in the Roman world were socio-cultural rather than somatic. </p>