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1、Reviews3/10/085:55PMPage214214reviewsomissionmayhavebeenafactorofexpense,sincethisbookisalreadycostlywithoutthem.Ifso,theauthorhadanobligationtoensurethathedescribedtheimagesclearlyandprudently.Threeexampleswillsuffice.First,readerswhoareunfamiliarwithcharacteristicsymbo
2、lssuchastheso-called‘signofTanit’willbefrustratedthattheyareneitherillustratednorexplained,thoughtheyformthebasisforsomeargumentsandindeedarenotwellunderstoodevenbyspecialists.Second,onp.486,theassertionthatMercurywasdepictedon‘certainesdesstèlesditesdelaGhorfa’notonlyp
3、ropagatesbutcompoundsanerrormadebyC.GilbertPicardaboutonestelefromthatseries(CatalogueduMuséeAlaoui(c.1954–1955),I,270Cb-970).Thefigureinquestionisananthropomorphic‘signofTanit’wearingawreathandanklebracelets,notHermeswithapetasusandwingedankles.Third,thefrequentappearan
4、ceofSolandLunainsculpturalreliefsissignificantenoughtowarrantatable5.5pageslong(375–80),butnoillustrations.Accordingly,whenonp.71C.usesimagesofTanitwithacrescent‘moon’toequateherlunarnaturewiththatofDiana/Artemis,onemightwellquestionthebasicassumptionthatthefemaleonthose
5、stelaeisTanit.Despitesuchcriticisms,thepresentationoftheiconographyisbroadlycorrectandwell-integrated.Overall,C.’sefforthighlightstheinadequaciesofRomanizationstudiesthathavetriedtoimposegeneralizingandmonolithicformsofreligioussyncretism.Atthesametime,thisbookbridgesth
6、edividebetweenpreviousstudiesofspecificdeitiesandgeneralsurveysoftheRomanizationofancientNorthAfrica.Doubtlessthisworkwillbecomeastandardreferenceforthosewhostudypre-RomanandRomanAfrica,whilescholarsofRomanization,epigraphy,andancientreligionwillbeinterestedinincorporati
7、ngtheauthor’sfindingsintobroaderstudiesoftheirfield.TrentUniversity,Peterborough,OntarioJenniferP.MooreN.TRAN,LESMEMBRESDESASSOCIATIONSROMAINES.LERANGSOCIALDESCOLLEGIATIENITALIEETENGAULE,SOUSLEHAUT-EMPIRE(Collectiondel’ÉcolefrançaisedeRome367).Rome:ÉcolefrançaisedeRome,20
8、06.Pp.577.isbn2-7283-0556-0.€60.00.F.DIOSONO,COLLEGIA.LEASSOCIAZIONIPROFESSIONALINELMONDOROMANO.Rome:Quasar,20