The dynamics of clanship among the Tallensi : being the first parts of an analysis of the social structure of a trans-Volta tribe / Meyer Fortes

• Record Nr.: UNIORUON00400756
• Autore: FORTES, Meyer
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; New York ; Toronto, : published fot the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press, 1945
• Descrizione fisica: XV, 270 p., c. geogr. ; 22 cm.
• Soggetti: TALLENSI POPOLO AFRICANO
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The government of the Roman Empire : a sourcebook / / Barbara Levick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953797603321
• Autore: Levick Barbara
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 2000
• ISBN: 1-134-57263-8; 1-134-57264-6; 0-203-17050-4; 1-280-40135-4; 0-203-13432-X
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
• Disciplina: 351.37
• Soggetti: Rome Politics and government Sources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First edition published 1985 by Croom Helm.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Weights, Measures, Currency and Wealth; Maps 1 6; Introduction: the Power of Rome; Structure; Force; Law; Financing; Communications, ; Transport and Supplies; Loyalty: the Role of the Emperor; Patronage; Assimilation; Failings; Resistance; Crisis?; Chronological List of Emperors; Select Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; Index and List of Ancient and Modern Geographical Equivalents
• Sommario/riassunto: This book reveals how an empire that stretched from Glasgow to Aswan in Egypt could be ruled from a single city and still survive more than a thousand years. The Government of the Roman Empire is the only sourcebook to concentrate on the administration of the empire, using the evidence of contemporary writers and historians.Specifically designed for students, with extensive cross-referencing, bibliographies and introductions and explanations for each item, this new edition brings the book right up-to-date, and makes it the ideal resource for students of the subject.