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Author: W. V. Harris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-07-14
Total Pages: 381
ISBN-13: 1107152712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.
Author: Inge Mennen
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2011-04-26
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9004211926
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book deals with changing power and status relations between the highest ranking representatives of Roman imperial power at the central level, in a period when the Empire came under tremendous pressure, AD 193-284. Based on epigraphic, literary and legal materials, the author deals with issues such as the third-century development of emperorship, the shift in power of the senatorial elite and the developing position of senior military officers and other high equestrians. By analyzing the various senior power-holders involved in Roman imperial administration by social rank, this book presents new insights into the diachronic development of imperial administration, appointment policies and socio-political hierarchies between the second and fourth centuries AD.
Author: Fergus Millar
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2006-07-10
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 0520253914
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This masterful study will have its place on every ancient historian's bookshelf."—Claudia Rapp, author of Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity: The Nature of Christian Leadership in an Age of Transition
Author: Rada Varga
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-11-25
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1317086139
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presenting a new and revealing overview of the ruling classes of the Roman Empire, this volume explores aspects of the relations between the official state structures of Rome and local provincial elites. The central objective of the volume is to present as complex a picture as possible of the provincial leaderships and their many and varied responses to the official state structures. The perspectives from which issues are approached by the contributors are as multiple as the realities of the Roman world: from historical and epigraphic studies to research of philological and linguistic interpretations, and from architectural analyses to direct interpretations of the material culture. While some local potentates took pride in their relationship with Rome and their use of Latin, exhibiting their allegiances publicly as well as privately, others preferred to keep this display solely for public manifestation. These complex and complementary pieces of research provide an in-depth image of the power mechanisms within the Roman state. The chronological span of the volume is from Rome’s Republican conquest of Greece to the changing world of the fourth and fifth centuries AD, when a new ecclesiastical elite began to emerge.
Author: Dirk Booms
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780714122854
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Arguably the most formidable of powers the world has ever seen, the Roman Empire in its prime stretched from Spain to Iraq and from Germany to Egypt, encompassing all the territory in between. By AD 117, it had engulfed almost fifty countries we know today, marrying a fascinating range of cultures and traditions. This illustrated book explores the diverse peoples of the Roman Empire: how they viewed themselves and others as Romans and examining their enduring legacy today, from the languages we speak, to the legal systems we live by, the towns and cities we live in, and even to our table manners
Author: Hella Eckardt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1108418058
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book focuses on the material practice of ancient literacy through a contextual examination of Roman writing equipment.
Author: S. R. F. Price
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780521312684
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god.
Author: Richard A. Horsley
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1997-11-01
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781563382178
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over the centuries, Paul has been understood as the prototypical convert from Judaism to Christianity. At the time of Pauls conversion, however, Christianity did not yet exist. Moreover, Paul says nothing to indicate that he was abandoning Judaism or Israel. He, in fact, understood his mission as the fulfillment of the promises to Israel and of Israels own destiny. In brief, Pauls gospel and mission were set over against the Roman Empire, not Judaism.
Author: Nandini B. Pandey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-10-11
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1108422659
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores the dynamic interactions among Latin poets, artists, and audiences in constructing and critiquing imperial power in Augustan Rome.
Author: David J. Mattingly
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013-12-05
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 140084827X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Despite what history has taught us about imperialism's destructive effects on colonial societies, many classicists continue to emphasize disproportionately the civilizing and assimilative nature of the Roman Empire and to hold a generally favorable view of Rome's impact on its subject peoples. Imperialism, Power, and Identity boldly challenges this view using insights from postcolonial studies of modern empires to offer a more nuanced understanding of Roman imperialism. Rejecting outdated notions about Romanization, David Mattingly focuses instead on the concept of identity to reveal a Roman society made up of far-flung populations whose experience of empire varied enormously. He examines the nature of power in Rome and the means by which the Roman state exploited the natural, mercantile, and human resources within its frontiers. Mattingly draws on his own archaeological work in Britain, Jordan, and North Africa and covers a broad range of topics, including sexual relations and violence; census-taking and taxation; mining and pollution; land and labor; and art and iconography. He shows how the lives of those under Rome's dominion were challenged, enhanced, or destroyed by the empire's power, and in doing so he redefines the meaning and significance of Rome in today's debates about globalization, power, and empire. Imperialism, Power, and Identity advances a new agenda for classical studies, one that views Roman rule from the perspective of the ruled and not just the rulers. In a new preface, Mattingly reflects on some of the reactions prompted by the initial publication of the book.
