03732nam 2200601Ia 450 991084075780332120210811182554.01-283-51415-X97866138266021-4443-9020-11-4443-9018-X1-4443-9019-8(CKB)2670000000066345(EBL)644971(OCoLC)700706067(SSID)ssj0000472859(PQKBManifestationID)11299802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472859(PQKBWorkID)10436936(PQKB)10220379(MiAaPQ)EBC644971(PPN)201677792(EXLCZ)99267000000006634520110205d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Roman empire in context historical and comparative perspectives /edited by Johann P. Arnason and Kurt A. RaaflaubChichester, West Sussex, U.K. Wiley20111 online resource (432 p.)Ancient World: Comparative Histories ;v.4Description based upon print version of record.1-118-14677-8 0-470-65557-7 The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I Expansion and Transformation; 2 From City-State to Empire: Rome in Comparative Perspective; 3 The Transition from Republic to Principate: Loss of Legitimacy, Revolution, and Acceptance; 4 Strong and Weak Regimes: Comparing the Roman Principate and the Medieval Crown of Aragon; Part II Late Antiquity: Division, Transformation, and Continuity; 5 The Background to the Third-Century Crisis of the RomanEmpire6 The End of Sacrifice: Religious Mutations of Late Antiquity7 Contextualizing Late Antiquity: The First Millennium; Part III Destinies of the Roman Legacy; 8 The Franks: Rome's Heirs in the West; 9 The End of Rome? The Transformation of the Eastern Empire in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries CE; 10 The First Islamic Empire; Part IV Comparative Perspectives; 11 From City-State to Empire: The Case of Assyria; 12 China's Early Empires: The Authority and Means of Government; 13 The Legs of the Throne: Kings, Elites, and Subjects in Sasanian Iran14 The King of Kings: Universal Hegemony, Imperial Power, and a New Comparative History of RomePart V Conceptual and Theoretical Reflections; 15 The Roman Phenomenon: State, Empire, and Civilization; 16 Roman-European Continuities: Conceptual and Historical Questions; General Index; Index of Sources (selective)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 achievementFeatures contributions from more than a dozen distinguished scholars from around the worldExplores the relevance of important comparativist themes of state, empire, and civilization to aAncient World: Comparative HistoriesRomeHistoryEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D937.06937/.06Árnason Jóhann Páll1940-481951Raaflaub Kurt A154102MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910840757803321The Roman empire in context4133981UNINA