Barbara Levick, Barbara Levick

The Government of the Roman Empire (eBook, PDF)

A Sourcebook

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134572649
• Artikelnr.: 41524275

Autorenporträt

Barbara Levick, Dr Barbara Levick

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Weights
Measures
Currency and Wealth
Maps 1-6
1 Introduction: the Power of Rome
2 Structure
3 Force
4 Law
5 Financing
6 Communications Transport and Supplies
7 Loyalty: the Role of the Emperor
8 Patronage
9 Assimilation
10 Failings
11 Resistance
12 Crisis?
Chronological List of Emperors
Select Bibliography
Index of Passages Cited
Index and List of Ancient and Modern Geographical Equivalents