Globalizing Mediterranean Identities

Abstract

This article furthers recent gains made in applying globalization perspectives to the Roman world by exploring
 two Romano-Egyptian houses that used Roman material culture in different ways within the city known
 as Trimithis (modern day Amheida, in Egypt). In so doing, I suggest that concepts drawn from globalization
 theory will help us to disentangle and interpret how homogeneous Roman Mediterranean goods may appear
 heterogeneous on the local level. This theoretical vantage is broadly applicable to other regions in the Roman
 Mediterranean, as well as other environments in which individuals reflected a multifaceted relationship
 with their local identity and the broader social milieu.