William V. Harris

Roman Power

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9781107152717
• ISBN-10: 1107152712
• Artikelnr.: 45020147

Autorenporträt

W. V. Harris is William R. Shepherd Professor of History at Columbia University, New York. The author of War and Imperialism in Republican Rome (1985), Ancient Literacy (1989), Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity (2002, winner of the Breasted Prize of the American Historical Association), Dreams and Experience in Classical Antiquity (2009) and Rome's Imperial Economy (2011), he has also edited books about ancient money, the ancient Mediterranean, and the spread of Christianity, among other subjects. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, among other honours.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of maps
Preface
Timeline
Abbreviations
1. The long-term evolution of Roman power
2. The Romans against outsiders, 400 BC to AD 16
3. The Romans against each other, from republic to monarchy
4. The Romans against outsiders, AD 16 to 337
5. The Romans against each other: from empire to nation?
6. The Romans against outsiders, AD 337 to 641
7. The Romans against each other in two long crises
8. Retrospect and some reflections
References
Index.