Rome and Judaea: International Law Relations, 162-100 BCE
Linda Zollschan, "Rome and Judaea: International Law Relations, 162-100 BCE (Routledge Studies in Ancient History)"
ISBN: 1138932914 | 2016 | EPUB | 350 pages | 2 MB
Rome and Judaea explores the nature of Judaea’s first diplomatic mission to Rome during the Maccabean revolt: did it result in a sanctioned treaty or was it founded instead on amity? This book breaks new ground in this debate by bringing to light the "Roman-Jewish Friendship tablet," a newly discovered piece of evidence that challenges the theory Rome ratified an official treaty with Judaea. Incorporating interdisciplinary research and this new textual evidence, the book argues that Roman-Jewish relations during the Maccabean revolt were motivated by the Roman concept of diplomatic friendship, or amicitia.