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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956093603321

Titolo

Roman imperialism / / editor, Andrew Erskine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-7486-2905-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 208 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Debates and documents in ancient history

Altri autori (Persone)

ErskineAndrew

Disciplina

937.02

Soggetti

Imperialism

Rome History Republic, 510-30 B.C

Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Timeline -- Part I Debates -- CHAPTER 1 Approaching Roman Imperialism -- CHAPTER 2 From City to Empire -- CHAPTER 3 Explanations -- CHAPTER 4 The Subject -- CHAPTER 5 The Ruler -- Part II Documents -- Appian -- Augustine -- Caesar -- Cicero -- Digest -- Dio Cassius -- Diodoros of Sicily (Diodorus Siculus) -- Eusebius -- Inscriptions -- Lex Irnitana -- Josephus -- Lactantius -- Livy -- 1 Maccabees -- Milestones -- Philo of Alexandria -- Pliny the Elder -- Pliny the Younger -- Plutarch -- Polybios (Polybius) -- Pompeius Trogus -- Res Gestae -- Sallust -- Schoolbook -- Strabo -- Tacitus -- Tertullian -- Third Sibylline Oracle -- Tomb of the Scipios -- Valerius Maximus -- Funeral stele of Regina -- Trajan's Column -- Colosseum -- Coins -- Victory temples -- Further Reading -- Internet Resources -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the course and nature of Roman expansion during the Republic and Early Empire, focusing on the impact of Roman rule on the subject, and the effect of empire on the imperial power.