John Richardson

The Language of Empire

Rome and the Idea of Empire from the Third Century BC to the Second Century AD

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book seeks to discover what the Romans themselves thought about their empire by examining the changing meaning of key terms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780521815017
• ISBN-10: 0521815010
• Artikelnr.: 25044895

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Ideas of empire
2. The beginnings: Hannibal to Sulla
3. Cicero's empire: imperium populi Romani
4. The Augustan empire: imperium romanum
5. After Augustus
6. Conclusion: Imperial presuppositions and patterns of empire
Appendix 1. Cicero analysis
Appendix 2. Livy
Appendix 3. Imperium and provincia in legal writers
Bibliography
Index.