Addressing central problems in the development of Roman imperialism in the third and second century BC, topics in this volume include the author Polybius, the characteristics of Roman power and imperial ambition, and the mechanisms used by Rome in creating and sustaining an empire in the east.
Addressing central problems in the development of Roman imperialism in the third and second century BC, topics in this volume include the author Polybius, the characteristics of Roman power and imperial ambition, and the mechanisms used by Rome in creating and sustaining an empire in the east.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Christopher Smith is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews and Director of the British School at Rome. He has written on early Roman history and archaeology, and on Roman historiography more generally. Liv Mariah Yarrow is Associate Professor and Chair of the Classics Department at Brooklyn College, CUNY. She has published on Late Hellenistic Historiography and Roman Numismatics.
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* List of Contributors * List of Figures * List of Abbreviations * Introduction * Part I: Author, Text, and Influence * 1: Andrew Erskine: Polybius among the Romans: Life in the Cyclops Cave * 2: Brian McGing: Polybius and Herodotus * 3: Timothy Rood: Polybius, Thucydides, and the First Punic War * 4: Georgina Longley: Thucydides, Polybius and Human Nature * 5: David Langslow: The Language of Polybius since Foucault and Dubuisson * Part II: Mechanisms of Imperialism * 6: Andrew Meadows: Deditio in Fidem: The Ptolemaic Conquest of Asia Minor * 7: David Potter: Old and New in Roman Foreign Affairs: the case of 197 * 8: Amy Russell: Aemilius Paullus sees Greece: Travel, Vision and Power in Polybius * 9: Liv Mariah Yarrow: Decem Legati: a Flexible Institution, Rigidly Perceived * 10: Olivier Hekster: Client Kings and Regime Change in the Roman Republic * Part III: Cultural Forms of Political Expression * 11: Nikola Casule: In part a Roman sea: Rome and the Adriatic in the third century BC * 12: John Ma: Honorific Statues and Hellenistic History * 13: Hugh Bowden: Rome, Pessinous and Battakes: Religious Encounters with the East * 14: Bruce Gibson: Festivals and Games in Polybius * 15: Jonathan Williams: From Polybius to the Parthenon: Religion, Art and Plunder * Bibliography * Index Locorum * General Index
* List of Contributors * List of Figures * List of Abbreviations * Introduction * Part I: Author, Text, and Influence * 1: Andrew Erskine: Polybius among the Romans: Life in the Cyclops Cave * 2: Brian McGing: Polybius and Herodotus * 3: Timothy Rood: Polybius, Thucydides, and the First Punic War * 4: Georgina Longley: Thucydides, Polybius and Human Nature * 5: David Langslow: The Language of Polybius since Foucault and Dubuisson * Part II: Mechanisms of Imperialism * 6: Andrew Meadows: Deditio in Fidem: The Ptolemaic Conquest of Asia Minor * 7: David Potter: Old and New in Roman Foreign Affairs: the case of 197 * 8: Amy Russell: Aemilius Paullus sees Greece: Travel, Vision and Power in Polybius * 9: Liv Mariah Yarrow: Decem Legati: a Flexible Institution, Rigidly Perceived * 10: Olivier Hekster: Client Kings and Regime Change in the Roman Republic * Part III: Cultural Forms of Political Expression * 11: Nikola Casule: In part a Roman sea: Rome and the Adriatic in the third century BC * 12: John Ma: Honorific Statues and Hellenistic History * 13: Hugh Bowden: Rome, Pessinous and Battakes: Religious Encounters with the East * 14: Bruce Gibson: Festivals and Games in Polybius * 15: Jonathan Williams: From Polybius to the Parthenon: Religion, Art and Plunder * Bibliography * Index Locorum * General Index
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