The Roman empire in context : historical and comparative perspectives / / edited by Johann P. Arnason and Kurt A. Raaflaub

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Disciplina: 937.06; 937/.06
• Soggetto geografico: Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
• Altri autori: ÁrnasonJóhann Páll <1940-> RaaflaubKurt A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 RomanEmpire ; 6 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 Iran ; 14 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)
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 a
• Titolo autorizzato: The Roman empire in context
• ISBN: 1-283-51415-X; 9786613826602; 1-4443-9020-1; 1-4443-9018-X; 1-4443-9019-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877051003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ancient World: Comparative Histories