The Roman Empire (eBook)

Economy, Society and Culture

Peter Garnsey, Richard Saller (Autoren)

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2014 | 2. Auflage
328 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-96130-2 (ISBN)

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During the Principate (roughly 27 BCE to 235 CE), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth or endanger survival? What forces of cohesion operated to balance the social and economic inequalities and high mortality rates? How did the official religion react in the face of the diffusion of alien cults and the emergence of Christianity? These are some of the many questions posed here, in the new, expanded edition of Garnsey and Saller's pathbreaking account of the economy, society, and culture of the Roman Empire. This second edition includes a new introduction that explores the consequences for government and the governing classes of the replacement of the Republic by the rule of emperors. Addenda to the original chapters offer up-to-date discussions of issues and point to new evidence and approaches that have enlivened the study of Roman history in recent decades. A completely new chapter assesses how far Rome's subjects resisted her hegemony. The bibliography has also been thoroughly updated, and a new color plate section has been added.

Inhalt

Notes on the Illustration
Preface
Abbreviations
Map
Introduction to the First Edition

PART ONE
1. Introducing the Principate
2. A Mediterranean Empire
Addendum
3. Government Without Bureaucracy
Addendum
4. Enemies of Rome by M. Goodman
Addendum by M. Goodman

PART TWO
5. An Underdeveloped Economy
Addendum
6. The Land
Addendum
7. Supplying the Roman empire
Addendum


PART THREE
8. The social Hierarchy
Addendum
9. Family and Household
Addendum
10. Social Relations
Addendum

PART FOUR
11. Religion
Addendum by R.L. Gordon
12. Culture
Addendum by J. Elsner and G. Woolf
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Supplementary Bibliography
List of Emperors
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Schlagworte: ancient Europe • Ancient history • Ancient Rome • ancient society • Classical Studies • classical study • classics • early Roman Empire • economy of roman empire • enemies of rome • families in roman empire • greco roman history • history civilization • History of Europe • principate era • roman culture and society • Roman Empire • Roman History • Roman imperialism • roman religion before christianity • Roman Society • Rome • social hierarchy in roman empire • thematic history of rome • World History
• ISBN-10: 0-520-96130-7 / 0520961307
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-96130-2 / 9780520961302