The Government Of The Roman Empire

Author : Dr Barbara Levick,Barbara Levick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134572632

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The Government of the Roman Empire by Dr Barbara Levick,Barbara Levick Pdf

This book reveals how an empire that stretched from Glasgow to Aswan in Egypt could be ruled from a single city and still survive more than a thousand years. The Government of the Roman Empire is the only sourcebook to concentrate on the administration of the empire, using the evidence of contemporary writers and historians. Specifically designed for students, with extensive cross-referencing, bibliographies and introductions and explanations for each item, this new edition brings the book right up-to-date, and makes it the ideal resource for students of the subject.

Author : Richard Duncan-Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1994-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521441926

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Money and Government in the Roman Empire by Richard Duncan-Jones Pdf

Rome's conquests gave her access to the accumulated metal resources of most of the known world. An abundant gold and silver coinage circulated within her empire as a result. But coinage changes later suggest difficulty in maintaining metal supplies. By studying Roman coin-survivals in a wider context, Dr Duncan-Jones uncovers important facts about the origin of coin hoards of the Principate. He constructs a new profile of minting, financial policy and monetary circulation, by analysing extensive coin evidence collected for the first time. His findings considerably advance our knowledge of crucial areas of the Roman economy.

Author : J. E. Lendon
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0199247633

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Empire of Honour by J. E. Lendon Pdf

J. E. Lendon offers a new interpretation of how the Roman empire worked in the first four centuries AD. A despotism rooted in force and fear enjoyed widespread support among the ruling classes of the provinces on the basis of an aristocratic culture of honour shard by rulers and ruled. The competitive Roman and Greek aristocrats of the empire conceived of their relative standing in terms of public esteem or honour, and conceived of their cities - toward which they felt a warm patriotism - as entities locked in a parallel struggle for primacy in honour over rivals. Emperors and provincial governors exploited these rivalries to gain the indispensable co-operation of local magnates by granting honours to individuals and their cities. Since rulers strove for honour as well, their subjects manipulated them with honours in their turn. Honour - whose workings are also traced in the Roman army - served as a way of talking and thinking about Roman government: it was both a species of power, and a way - connived in by rulers and ruled - of concealing the terrible realities of imperial rule. -- Book Cover

Author : Daniel C. Gedacht
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0823989488

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Politics and Government in Ancient Rome by Daniel C. Gedacht Pdf

This history of ancient Rome is an interesting one. As they read how society grows and develops students will learn how this changed the way Romans governed themselves. From citizens to senators to famous emperors of Rome, students get a unique look into the politics and government of ancient Rome through exciting primary source imagery.

Author : Dennis P. Kehoe
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0472115820

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Law and the Rural Economy in the Roman Empire by Dennis P. Kehoe Pdf

A bold application of economic theory to help provide an understanding of the role that law played in the development of the Roman economy

Author : Vidas Barzdukas
Publisher : Benchmark Education Company
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political science
ISBN : 9781616721817

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Bridges: Government in Ancient Times by Vidas Barzdukas Pdf

Author : Livy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Latin language
ISBN : HARVARD:HN64TL

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The seven kings of Rome by Livy Pdf

Author : Cullen Murphy
Publisher : HMH
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780547527079

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Are We Rome? by Cullen Murphy Pdf

What went wrong in imperial Rome, and how we can avoid it: “If you want to understand where America stands in the world today, read this.” —Thomas E. Ricks The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds since the beginning of our republic. Depending on who’s doing the talking, the history of Rome serves as either a triumphal call to action—or a dire warning of imminent collapse. In this “provocative and lively” book, Cullen Murphy points out that today we focus less on the Roman Republic than on the empire that took its place, and reveals a wide array of similarities between the two societies (The New York Times). Looking at the blinkered, insular culture of our capitals; the debilitating effect of bribery in public life; the paradoxical issue of borders; and the weakening of the body politic through various forms of privatization, Murphy persuasively argues that we most resemble Rome in the burgeoning corruption of our government and in our arrogant ignorance of the world outside—two things that must be changed if we are to avoid Rome’s fate. “Are We Rome? is just about a perfect book. . . . I wish every politician would spend an evening with this book.” —James Fallows

Author : Matthew Bunson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438110271

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Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire by Matthew Bunson Pdf

Not much has happened in the Roman Empire since 1994 that required the first edition to be updated, but Bunson, a prolific reference and history author, has revised it, incorporated new findings and thinking, and changed the dating style to C.E. (Common Era) and B.C.E. (Before Common Era). For the 500 years from Julius Caesar and the Gallic Wars in 59-51 B.C.E. to the fall of the empire in the west in 476 C.E, he discusses personalities, terms, sites, and events. There is very little cross-referencing.

Author : Henry Joseph Haskell
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Rome
ISBN : 9781610163804

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The New Deal in Old Rome by Henry Joseph Haskell Pdf

"First edition."Appendices: I. Chronology of Roman new deal measures and other economic experiments.--II. If you wish to read further (p. 242-250)--III. A list of books (p. 251-258).

Author : R. Malcolm Errington
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807877456

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Roman Imperial Policy from Julian to Theodosius by R. Malcolm Errington Pdf

The division of the late Roman Empire into two theoretically cooperating parts by the brothers Valentinian and Valens in 364 deeply influenced many aspects of government in each of the divisions. Although the imperial policies during this well-documented and formative period are generally understood to have been driven by the religious and ideological aims of the emperors, R. Malcolm Errington argues that the emperors were actually much more pragmatic in their decision making than has previously been assumed. The division of responsibilities between the emperors inevitably encouraged separate developments and allowed locally varying and often changing imperial attitudes toward different forms of religious belief. Errington demonstrates that the main stimulus for action in this period nearly always came from below the level of the imperial government, and not from an imperial initiative. Extending the theory of Fergus Millar into the later empire, Errington argues that the emperors were fundamentally reactive to regionally supplied information, as Millar has asserted was the case for the High Empire. Thus, despite significant structural changes, the empire remained broadly traditional in its operations.

Author : Edward J. Watts
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465093823

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Mortal Republic by Edward J. Watts Pdf

Learn why the Roman Republic collapsed -- and how it could have continued to thrive -- with this insightful history from an award-winning author. In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents. As the center decayed and dysfunction grew, arguments between politicians gave way to political violence in the streets. The stage was set for destructive civil wars -- and ultimately the imperial reign of Augustus. The death of Rome's Republic was not inevitable. In Mortal Republic, Watts shows it died because it was allowed to, from thousands of small wounds inflicted by Romans who assumed that it would last forever.

Author : James Fallows,Deborah Fallows
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781101871850

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Our Towns by James Fallows,Deborah Fallows Pdf

NATIONAL BEST SELLER • The basis for the HBO documentary now streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.

Author : Kit Morrell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198755142

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Pompey, Cato, and the Governance of the Roman Empire by Kit Morrell Pdf

Leading Romans in the late republic were more concerned about the problems of their empire than is generally recognized. This book challenges the traditional picture by exploring the attempts made at legal and ethical reform in the period 70-50 BC, while also shedding new light on collaboration between Pompey and Cato, two key arbiters of change.

Author : Fergus Millar
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807875087

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Rome, the Greek World, and the East by Fergus Millar Pdf

Fergus Millar is one of the most influential contemporary historians of the ancient world. His essays and books, including The Emperor in the Roman World and The Roman Near East, have enriched our understanding of the Greco-Roman world in fundamental ways. In his writings Millar has made the inhabitants of the Roman Empire central to our conception of how the empire functioned. He also has shown how and why Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity, and Islam evolved from within the wider cultural context of the Greco-Roman world. Opening this collection of sixteen essays is a new contribution by Millar in which he defends the continuing significance of the study of Classics and argues for expanding the definition of what constitutes that field. In this volume he also questions the dominant scholarly interpretation of politics in the Roman Republic, arguing that the Roman people, not the Senate, were the sovereign power in Republican Rome. In so doing he sheds new light on the establishment of a new regime by the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus.