Keith Hopkins

Conquerors and Slaves

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Professor Hopkins has developed an exciting approach to social questions in antiquity and his book should be of interest to all students of ancient history and of historical sociology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521281812
• ISBN-10: 0521281814
• Artikelnr.: 22851187

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
List of tables
List of figures
Preface
Abbreviations
Maps
1. Conquerors and slaves: the impact of conquering an empire on the political economy of Italy
2. The growth and practice of slavery in Roman times
3. Between slavery and freedom: on freeing slaves at Delphi
4. The political power of eunuchs
5. Divine emperors or the symbolic unity of the Roman empire
Bibliography
Supplementary bibliography
Index of subjects
Index of proper names.