Barbara Levick

Claudius (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Opinions have varied over the centuries, but Claudius has mostly been caricatured as a reluctant emperor, hampered by a speech impediment, who preferred reading to ruling. Barbara Levick's authoritative study reassesses the reign of Claudius, examining his political objectives and activities within the constitutional, political, social and economic development of Rome. This critical scrutiny of the literary, archaeological and epigraphic sources presents a different Claudius - an intelligent politician, ruthlessly determined to secure his position as ruler. Updated to take account of recent scholarship, Claudius remains essential reading for students and historians of the early Roman Empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317529088
• Artikelnr.: 42832461

Autorenporträt

Barbara Levick is Fellow and Tutor Emeritus, St. Hilda's College, Oxford. She has published extensively on Roman history, with titles including Tiberius the Politician (Routledge, 1999), Vespasian (Routledge, 1999), The Government of the Roman Empire, second edition (Routledge, 2001), Julia Domna: Syrian Empress (Routledge, 2007), Augustus: Image and Substance (2010) and Imperial Women of the Golden Age: Faustina I and II (2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Principate and Dynasty
2. Education
3. Unfit for a public career?
4. Accession
5. Princeps and Imperator
6. Establishment of the Court: Messalina
7. The Dominance of Agrippina
8. Imperial Policies?
9. Senate and Knights: Claudius and the Aristocracy
10.The People of Rome and Italy
11. Legislation, Justice, and Society
12. Finance and the Economy
13. Claudius' Invasion of Britain
14. Warfare on Three Continents
15. Claudius and his Provincial Subjects
16. Aftermath: Claudius in Literature and History
References and Notes
Concordance
Bibliography
Index