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Through a series of original essays by leading international scholars, The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives offers a comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire's role and achievement and, more broadly, establishes Rome's significance within comparat...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The ancient world : comparative histories
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444390186 |
| Summary: |
Through a series of original essays by leading international scholars, The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives offers a comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire's role and achievement and, more broadly, establishes Rome's significance within comparative studies.: Fills a gap in comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire's role and achievement; Features contributions from more than a dozen distinguished scholars from around the world; Explores the relevance of important comparativist themes of state, empire, and civilization to ancient Rome. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 416 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781444390209 (electronic bk.) 1444390201 (electronic bk.) 9781444390186 (electronic bk.) 144439018X (electronic bk.) 128351415X 9781283514156 |
| Index Number: | DG77 |
| CLC: | K126 |
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Introduction / Expansion and Transformation -- From City-State to Empire: Rome in Comparative Perspective / The Transition from Republic to Principate: Loss of Legitimacy, Revolution, and Acceptance / Strong and Weak Regimes: Comparing the Roman Principate and the Medieval Crown of Aragon / Late Antiquity: Division, Transformation, and Continuity -- The Background to the Third-Century Crisis of the Roman Empire / The End of Sacrifice: Religious Mutations of Late Antiquity / Contextualizing Late Antiquity: The First Millennium / Destinies of the Roman Legacy -- The Franks: Rome's Heirs in the West / The End of Rome? The Transformation of the Eastern Empire in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries CE / The First Islamic Empire / Comparative Perspectives -- From City-State to Empire: The Case of Assyria / China's Early Empires: The Authority and Means of Government / The Legs of the Throne: Kings, Elites, and Subjects in Sasanian Iran / The King of Kings: Universal Hegemony, Imperial Power, and a New Comparative History of Rome / Conceptual and Theoretical Reflections -- The Roman Phenomenon: State, Empire, and Civilization / Roman-European Continuities: Conceptual and Historical Questions / |