Roman Power

Roman Power
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 381
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ISBN-10 : 9781107152717
ISBN-13 : 1107152712
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Book Synopsis Roman Power by : W. V. Harris

Download or read book Roman Power written by W. V. Harris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.

Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284

Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9789004203594
ISBN-13 : 9004203591
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 by : Inge Mennen

Download or read book Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284 written by Inge Mennen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with changing power and status relations between AD 193 and 284, when the Empire came under tremendous pressure, and presents new insights into the diachronic development of imperial administration and socio-political hierarchies between the second and fourth centuries.

Roman Empire

Roman Empire
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0714122858
ISBN-13 : 9780714122854
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Book Synopsis Roman Empire by : Dirk Booms

Download or read book Roman Empire written by Dirk Booms and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably the most formidable of powers the world has ever seen, the Roman Empire in its prime stretched from Spain to Iraq and from Germany to Egypt, encompassing all the territory in between. By AD 117, it had engulfed almost fifty countries we know today, marrying a fascinating range of cultures and traditions. This illustrated book explores the diverse peoples of the Roman Empire: how they viewed themselves and others as Romans and examining their enduring legacy today, from the languages we speak, to the legal systems we live by, the towns and cities we live in, and even to our table manners

Rituals and Power

Rituals and Power
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 052131268X
ISBN-13 : 9780521312684
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Book Synopsis Rituals and Power by : S. R. F. Price

Download or read book Rituals and Power written by S. R. F. Price and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Price attempts to discover why the Roman Emperor was treated like a god.

Blood in the Arena

Blood in the Arena
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9780292792401
ISBN-13 : 0292792409
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Book Synopsis Blood in the Arena by : Alison Futrell

Download or read book Blood in the Arena written by Alison Futrell and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fresh perspectives [on] the study of the Roman amphitheater . . . providing important insights into the psychological dimensions” of gladiatorial combat (Classical World). From the center of Imperial Rome to the farthest reaches of ancient Britain, Gaul, and Spain, amphitheaters marked the landscape of the Western Roman Empire. Built to bring Roman institutions and the spectacle of Roman power to conquered peoples, many still remain as witnesses to the extent and control of the empire. In this book, Alison Futrell explores the arena as a key social and political institution for binding Rome and its provinces. She begins with the origins of the gladiatorial contest and shows how it came to play an important role in restructuring Roman authority in the later Republic. She then traces the spread of amphitheaters across the Western Empire as a means of transmitting and maintaining Roman culture and control in the provinces. Futrell also examines the larger implications of the arena as a venue for the ritualized mass slaughter of human beings, showing how the gladiatorial competition took on both religious and political overtones. This wide-ranging study, which draws insights from archaeology and anthropology, as well as Classics, broadens our understanding of the gladiatorial show and its place within the highly politicized cult practice of the Roman Empire.

Official Power and Local Elites in the Roman Provinces

Official Power and Local Elites in the Roman Provinces
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9781317086130
ISBN-13 : 1317086139
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Book Synopsis Official Power and Local Elites in the Roman Provinces by : Rada Varga

Download or read book Official Power and Local Elites in the Roman Provinces written by Rada Varga and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a new and revealing overview of the ruling classes of the Roman Empire, this volume explores aspects of the relations between the official state structures of Rome and local provincial elites. The central objective of the volume is to present as complex a picture as possible of the provincial leaderships and their many and varied responses to the official state structures. The perspectives from which issues are approached by the contributors are as multiple as the realities of the Roman world: from historical and epigraphic studies to research of philological and linguistic interpretations, and from architectural analyses to direct interpretations of the material culture. While some local potentates took pride in their relationship with Rome and their use of Latin, exhibiting their allegiances publicly as well as privately, others preferred to keep this display solely for public manifestation. These complex and complementary pieces of research provide an in-depth image of the power mechanisms within the Roman state. The chronological span of the volume is from Rome’s Republican conquest of Greece to the changing world of the fourth and fifth centuries AD, when a new ecclesiastical elite began to emerge.

Writing and Power in the Roman World

Writing and Power in the Roman World
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9781108418058
ISBN-13 : 1108418058
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Book Synopsis Writing and Power in the Roman World by : Hella Eckardt

Download or read book Writing and Power in the Roman World written by Hella Eckardt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the material practice of ancient literacy through a contextual examination of Roman writing equipment.