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Record Nr.

UNISA996207192603316

Autore

Birley Anthony <1937->

Titolo

The Roman government of Britain [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony R. Birley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-4294-9277-5

0-19-153087-5

9786610904815

0-19-925237-8

1-280-90481-X

9786612199455

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (548 p.)

Disciplina

936.1/04

Soggetti

Romans - Great Britain - Politics and government

Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D

Great Britain Politics and government To 1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Note on the Citation of Sources; I. High Officials of the Undivided Province, 43-c.213; I. 1. Introduction: the senatorial career in the principate; I. 2. Claudio-Neronian Governors, 43-69 (Gov. 1-7); I. 3. Flavian Governors, 69-96 (Gov. 8-12); I. 4. Governors from Nerva to Hadrian, 98-138 (Gov. 13-23); I. 5. Governors from Antoninus Pius to Commodus, 138-92 (Gov. 24-36); I. 6. Governors under Severus and Caracalla, 197-c.213 (Gov. 37-41); I. 7. Incerti (Gov. a-o); I. 8. Comites of the Emperors in Britain (Com. Aug. 1-17); I. 9. The Legions and their Bases

I. 10. Legionary Legates (LL 1-41, a-g)I. 11. Iuridici (Iurid. 1-7); I. 12. Tribuni laticlavii (Trib. 1-32, a-d); I. 13. The Procuratorial Career; I. 14. The Procurators (Proc. 1-14); I. 15. The Praefecti Classis (Praef. cl. 1-7); I. 16. Census-Officials and Junior Procurators (Jun. Proc. 1-8); II. From Caracalla to Carinus, c.213-285; II. 1. The First Division of Britain; II. 2. Governors and Legionary Legates in the Third Century; III. Carausius and Allectus, 286-296; III. 1 Marcus Aurelius Maus ( . . . ) Carausius,



286-293; III. 2 The Fall of Carausius and the Rule of Allectus

III. 3 The Recovery of Britain in 296IV. The Last Century of Roman Rule; IV. 1. The Second Division of Britain; IV. 2. The Problem of Valentia; IV. 3. Military Command and Civil Administration in Late Roman Britain; IV. 4. From the Tetrarchy to the Early Fifth Century: High Officials and Imperial Involvement; IV. 5. The End of Roman Rule; Appendix: British Client-Rulers; Select Bibliography; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Index; 1. Persons; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; X; Z; 2. Geographical; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J

KL; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; 3. Sources quoted in extenso; 4. Miscellaneous; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V

Sommario/riassunto

The Roman Government of Britain is a completely rewritten version of Professor Birley's Fasti of Roman Britain (1981), with biographical entries for all higher officials from AD 43 to 409. Several new governors, legionary legates, tribunes, procurators, and fleet prefects are included, and the entries for those previously known revised; and in this edition translations of all sources have been added. Introductory sections deal with career-structures in theprincipate and the changed system of the late empire. Evidence for imperial visits is also quoted and discussed. The work provides a full co