Aloys Winterling

Politics and Society in Imperial Rome

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This valuable book offers a fresh examination of the structure ofRoman imperial government. By concentrating on the dual aspect ofthe imperial regimethe one part descending from the institutions ofthe Republic, the other emerging from the household of theemperorsWinterling frames his issue with admirable clarity.

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Politics and Society in Imperial Rome offers fresh newinterpretations of the politics, society, and culture Rome simperial era.

Argues that the early principate was fundamentally incompatiblewith the persisting structures of the Roman Republic
Demonstrates how these contradictory systems affected thedevelopment of Roman society
Includes case studies on the imperial court and the emperorCaligula, as well as chapters on the scholarship of Theodor Mommsenand Christian Meier

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405179690
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781405179690
• ISBN-10: 1405179694
• Artikelnr.: 25619924

Autorenporträt

Aloys Winterling is Professor for Ancient History at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He was previously Professor of Ancient History at the University of Basel.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Toward a New Interpretation of Imperial Rome.
Part I: Paradoxical Structures:
2. "State," "Society," and Political Integration.
3. Friendship and Patron-Client Relations.
4. "Public" and "Private".
Part II: Two Cases in Point:
5. A Court without "State." The aula Caesaris.
6. Meaningful Madness. The Emperor Caligula.
Part III: Academic Approaches:
7. Theodor Mommsen's Theory of "Dyarchia".
8. Christian Meier's "Crisis without Alternative" in Ancient Rome.
Editorial Note.
Index.