04085nam 2200709Ia 450 991045573920332120200520144314.00-674-03945-910.4159/9780674039452(CKB)2440000000013085(SSID)ssj0000487169(PQKBManifestationID)11339203(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487169(PQKBWorkID)10442953(PQKB)10685302(SSID)ssj0000239986(PQKBManifestationID)12049760(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239986(PQKBWorkID)10250448(PQKB)11697256(MiAaPQ)EBC3300194(Au-PeEL)EBL3300194(CaPaEBR)ebr10314201(OCoLC)923110117(DE-B1597)574351(DE-B1597)9780674039452(EXLCZ)99244000000001308520040519d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRuling the later Roman Empire[electronic resource] /Christopher KellyCambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard University Press2004341 pRevealing antiquity ;15Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01564-9 0-674-02244-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-325) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: First Thoughts -- Part I . The Bureaucrat’s Tale -- Introduction: John Lydus: A Man and His Book -- 1 All the Prefect’s Men -- 2 The Competition for Spoils -- Part II. Ruler s and Ruled -- Introduction: Passages from the Principate to Late Antiquity -- 3 Standing in Line -- 4 Purchasing Power -- 5 Autocracy and Bureaucracy -- Epilogue: Last Judgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn this highly original work, Christopher Kelly paints a remarkable picture of running a superstate. He portrays a complex system of government openly regulated by networks of personal influence and the payment of money. Focusing on the Roman Empire after Constantine's conversion to Christianity, Kelly illuminates a period of increasingly centralized rule through an ever more extensive and intrusive bureaucracy. The book opens with a view of its times through the eyes of a high-ranking official in sixth-century Constantinople, John Lydus. His On the Magistracies of the Roman State, the only memoir of its kind to come down to us, gives an impassioned and revealing account of his career and the system in which he worked. Kelly draws a wealth of insight from this singular memoir and goes on to trace the operation of power and influence, exposing how these might be successfully deployed or skillfully diverted by those wishing either to avoid government regulation or to subvert it for their own ends. Ruling the Later Roman Empire presents a fascinating procession of officials, emperors, and local power brokers, winners and losers, mapping their experiences, their conflicting loyalties, their successes, and their failures. This important book elegantly recaptures the experience of both rulers and ruled under a sophisticated and highly successful system of government.Revealing antiquity ;15.Elite (Social sciences)RomeElite (Social sciences)Byzantine EmpireRomePolitics and government284-476Byzantine EmpirePolitics and governmentTo 527RomeOfficials and employeesByzantine EmpireOfficials and employeesElectronic books.Elite (Social sciences)Elite (Social sciences)937/.09Kelly Christopher1964-622658MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455739203321Ruling the later Roman Empire1092733UNINA