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The Roman Empire
Economy, Society and Culture
Taschenbuch von Peter Garnsey (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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During the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), 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 an expanded edition of the original, pathbreaking account of the society, economy and culture of the Roman empire. As an integrated study of the life and outlook of the ordinary inhabitants of the Roman world, it deepens our understanding of the underlying factors in this important formative period of world history. Additions to the second edition include an introductory chapter which sets the scene and explores the consequences for government and the governing classes of the replacement of the Republic by the rule of emperors. A second extra chapter assesses how far Rome's subjects resisted her hegemony. Addenda to the chapters throughout offer up-to-date bibliography and point to new evidence and approaches which have enlivened Roman history in recent decades.
During the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), 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 an expanded edition of the original, pathbreaking account of the society, economy and culture of the Roman empire. As an integrated study of the life and outlook of the ordinary inhabitants of the Roman world, it deepens our understanding of the underlying factors in this important formative period of world history. Additions to the second edition include an introductory chapter which sets the scene and explores the consequences for government and the governing classes of the replacement of the Republic by the rule of emperors. A second extra chapter assesses how far Rome's subjects resisted her hegemony. Addenda to the chapters throughout offer up-to-date bibliography and point to new evidence and approaches which have enlivened Roman history in recent decades.
Über den Autor
Peter Garnsey is Emeritus Professor of the History of Classical Antiquity and a Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK. His publications include Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire (1970), Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World (1988), Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine (1996), Cities, Peasants and Food (1998), Food and Society in Classical Antiquity (1999) and Thinking about Property: From Antiquity to the Age of Revolution (2007).

Richard Saller is the Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, USA. He is the author of Personal Patronage under the Early Empire (1982) and Patriarchy, Property, and Death in the Roman Family (1994), and co-editor of The Cambridge Economic History of Greco-Roman World (2007).
Zusammenfassung
Now incorporates updated and expanded material on Rome's art, religion and enemies
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Abbreviations
Map

Part I
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 II
5. An Underdeveloped Economy, Addendum
6. The Land, Addendum
7. Supplying the Roman Empire, Addendum

Part III
8. The Social Hierarchy, Addendum
9. Family and Household, Addendum
10. Social Relations, Addendum

Part IV
11. Religion, Addendum by R.L. Gordon
12. Culture, Addendum by J. Elsner and G. Woolf

Conclusion
Bibliography
Supplementary bibliography
List of Emperors
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472524027
ISBN-10: 1472524020
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Garnsey, Peter
Saller, Richard
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 233 x 154 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Garnsey (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.11.2014
Gewicht: 0,553 kg
Artikel-ID: 121902934
Über den Autor
Peter Garnsey is Emeritus Professor of the History of Classical Antiquity and a Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK. His publications include Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire (1970), Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World (1988), Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine (1996), Cities, Peasants and Food (1998), Food and Society in Classical Antiquity (1999) and Thinking about Property: From Antiquity to the Age of Revolution (2007).

Richard Saller is the Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, USA. He is the author of Personal Patronage under the Early Empire (1982) and Patriarchy, Property, and Death in the Roman Family (1994), and co-editor of The Cambridge Economic History of Greco-Roman World (2007).
Zusammenfassung
Now incorporates updated and expanded material on Rome's art, religion and enemies
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Abbreviations
Map

Part I
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 II
5. An Underdeveloped Economy, Addendum
6. The Land, Addendum
7. Supplying the Roman Empire, Addendum

Part III
8. The Social Hierarchy, Addendum
9. Family and Household, Addendum
10. Social Relations, Addendum

Part IV
11. Religion, Addendum by R.L. Gordon
12. Culture, Addendum by J. Elsner and G. Woolf

Conclusion
Bibliography
Supplementary bibliography
List of Emperors
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472524027
ISBN-10: 1472524020
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Garnsey, Peter
Saller, Richard
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 233 x 154 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Garnsey (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.11.2014
Gewicht: 0,553 kg
Artikel-ID: 121902934
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