Empire And Political Cultures In The Roman World

Author : Emma Dench
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108696005

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Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World by Emma Dench Pdf

This book evaluates a hundred years of scholarship on how empire transformed the Roman world, and advances a new theory of how the empire worked and was experienced. It engages extensively with Rome's Republican empire as well as the 'Empire of the Caesars', examines a broad range of ancient evidence (material, documentary, and literary) that illuminates multiple perspectives, and emphasizes the much longer history of imperial rule within which the Roman Empire emerged. Steering a course between overemphasis on resistance and overemphasis on consensus, it highlights the political, social, religious and cultural consequences of an imperial system within which functions of state were substantially delegated to, or more often simply assumed by, local agencies and institutions. The book is accessible and of value to a wide range of undergraduate and graduate students as well as of interest to all scholars concerned with the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.

Author : Peter Garnsey,Richard Saller,Jas Elsner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780520285989

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The Roman Empire by Peter Garnsey,Richard Saller,Jas Elsner Pdf

During the Principate (roughly 27 BCE to 235 CE), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth or endanger survival? What forces of cohesion operated to balance the social and economic inequalities and high mortality rates? How did the official religion react in the face of the diffusion of alien cults and the emergence of Christianity? These are some of the many questions posed here, in the new, expanded edition of Garnsey and Saller's pathbreaking account of the economy, society, and culture of the Roman Empire. This second edition includes a new introduction that explores the consequences for government and the governing classes of the replacement of the Republic by the rule of emperors. Addenda to the original chapters offer up-to-date discussions of issues and point to new evidence and approaches that have enlivened the study of Roman history in recent decades. A completely new chapter assesses how far Rome’s subjects resisted her hegemony. The bibliography has also been thoroughly updated, and a new color plate section has been added.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780521810722

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Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Janet Huskinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134693214

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Experiencing Rome by Janet Huskinson Pdf

Unique in their broad-based coverage the twelve essays in this book provide a fresh look at some central aspects of Roman culture and society.

Author : Mary T. Boatwright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521840620

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Peoples of the Roman World by Mary T. Boatwright Pdf

In this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northerners, Greeks, Egyptians, Jews, and Christians. She explores over time the tension between assimilation and distinctiveness in the Roman world, as well as the changes effected in Rome by its multicultural nature. Underlining the fundamental importance of diversity in Rome's self-identity, the book explores Roman tolerance of difference and community as the Romans expanded and consolidated their power and incorporated other peoples into their empire. The Peoples of the Roman World provides an accessible account of Rome's social, cultural, religious, and political history, exploring the rich literary, documentary, and visual evidence for these peoples and Rome's reactions to them.

Author : Kathryn Welch
Publisher : Rizzoli International
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0847821072

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The Romans by Kathryn Welch Pdf

Compact in size and modest in price, Rizzoli's new history series offers authoritative introductions to life in some of the world's most important ancient cultures. Introduces readers to the richness and diversity of daily physical and spiritual existence at the height of each of these cultures. Filled with anecdotes about real people and incidents that bear remarkable similarity to our own experiences.

Author : Valentina Arena,Jonathan R. W. Prag,Andrew Stiles
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444339659

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A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic by Valentina Arena,Jonathan R. W. Prag,Andrew Stiles Pdf

An insightful and original exploration of Roman Republic politics In A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic, editors Valentina Arena and Jonathan Prag deliver an incisive and original collection of forty contributions from leading academics representing various intellectual and academic traditions. The collected works represent some of the best scholarship in recent decades and adopt a variety of approaches, each of which confronts major problems in the field and contributes to ongoing research. The book represents a new, updated, and comprehensive view of the political world of Republican Rome and some of the included essays are available in English for the first time. Divided into six parts, the discussions consider the institutionalized loci, political actors, and values, rituals, and discourse that characterized Republican Rome. The Companion also offers several case studies and sections on the history of the interpretation of political life in the Roman Republic. Key features include: A thorough introduction to the Roman political world as seen through the wider lenses of Roman political culture Comprehensive explorations of the fundamental components of Roman political culture, including ideas and values, civic and religious rituals, myths, and communicative strategies Practical discussions of Roman Republic institutions, both with reference to their formal rules and prescriptions, and as patterns of social organization In depth examinations of the 'afterlife' of the Roman Republic, both in ancient authors and in early modern and modern times Perfect for students of all levels of the ancient world, A Companion to the Political Culture of the Roman Republic will also earn a place in the libraries of scholars and students of politics, political history, and the history of ideas.

Author : Arjan Zuiderhoek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Benefactors
ISBN : 0511517424

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The Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire by Arjan Zuiderhoek Pdf

Author : J. S. Wacher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0415263158

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The Roman World by J. S. Wacher Pdf

When originally published in 1987, this book was hailed as a landmark in the study of the Roman World. Now back in print with a new preface by the author, it is still the most comprehensive survey of the Roman World available. Ranging from the founding of Rome in the eighth century BC, and throughout the Empire and beyond this book will continue to be an essential resource on the subject for many years to come.

Author : Lucy Grig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107074897

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Popular Culture in the Ancient World by Lucy Grig Pdf

This book adopts a new approach to the classical world by focusing on ancient popular culture.

Author : Arjan Zuiderhoek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139477826

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The Politics of Munificence in the Roman Empire by Arjan Zuiderhoek Pdf

In the first two centuries AD, the eastern Roman provinces experienced a proliferation of elite public generosity unmatched in their previous or later history. In this study, Arjan Zuiderhoek attempts to answer the question why this should have been so. Focusing on Roman Asia Minor, he argues that the surge in elite public giving was not caused by the weak economic and financial position of the provincial cities, as has often been maintained, but by social and political developments and tensions within the Greek cities created by their integration into the Roman imperial system. As disparities of wealth and power within imperial polis society continued to widen, the exchange of gifts for honours between elite and non-elite citizens proved an excellent political mechanism for deflecting social tensions away from open conflicts towards communal celebrations of shared citizenship and the legitimation of power in the cities.

Author : Claude Nicolet
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Classical geography
ISBN : 0472100963

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Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire by Claude Nicolet Pdf

Studies the effect of Rome's geographic worldview on its politics

Author : Clifton Edwin Van Sickle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : History, Ancient
ISBN : UCAL:$B741400

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A Political and Cultural History of the Ancient World from Prehistoric Times to the Dissolution of the Roman Empire in the West: The Orient and Greece to the partition of the empire of Alexander the Great by Clifton Edwin Van Sickle Pdf

Author : Karl-J. Hölkeskamp
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691140384

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Reconstructing the Roman Republic by Karl-J. Hölkeskamp Pdf

In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. Karl-J. Hölkeskamp challenges this view in Reconstructing the Roman Republic, warning that this scholarly trend threatens to become the new orthodoxy, and defending the position that the republic was in fact a uniquely Roman, dominantly oligarchic and aristocratic political form. Hölkeskamp offers a comprehensive, in-depth survey of the modern debate surrounding the Roman Republic. He looks at the ongoing controversy first triggered in the 1980s when the 'oligarchic orthodoxy' was called into question by the idea that the republic's political culture was a form of Greek-style democracy, and he considers the important theoretical and methodological advances of the 1960s and 1970s that prepared the ground for this debate. Hölkeskamp renews and refines the 'elitist' view, showing how the republic was a unique kind of premodern city-state political culture shaped by a specific variant of a political class. He covers a host of fascinating topics, including the Roman value system; the senatorial aristocracy; competition in war and politics within this aristocracy; and the symbolic language of public rituals and ceremonies, monuments, architecture, and urban topography. Certain to inspire continued debate, Reconstructing the Roman Republic offers fresh approaches to the study of the republic while attesting to the field's enduring vitality.

Author : Peter V. Jones,Keith C. Sidwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521386004

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The World of Rome by Peter V. Jones,Keith C. Sidwell Pdf

The World of Rome is an introduction to the history and culture of Rome for students at university and at school as well as for anyone seriously interested in the ancient world. Drawing on the latest scholarship, it covers all aspects of the city - its rise to power, what made it great, and why it still engages and challenges us today. The first two chapters outline the history and changing identity of Rome from 1000 BC to AD 476. Subsequent chapters examine the mechanisms of government, the economic and social life of Rome, and Roman ways of looking at and reflecting the world. Frequent quotations from ancient writers and numerous illustrations make this a stimulating and accessible introduction to ancient Rome. The World of Rome is particularly designed to serve as a background book to Reading Latin (Cambridge University Press, 1986).