Studies in ancient society / / edited by M. I. Finley

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0945632
• Soggetto geografico: Rome Social conditions
• Altri autori: FinleyM. I <1912-1986.> (Moses I.)
• Note generali: "First published in 1974 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd."--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Studies in Ancient Society; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; I. ATHENIAN DEMAGOGUES; II. ARISTOTLE AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; III. ROME AND THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN THE GREEKSTATES 200-146 B.C.; IV. THE ROMAN MOB; V. ÉLITE MOBILITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE; VI. SOCIAL MOBILITY IN THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE: THE EVIDENCE OF THE IMPERIAL FREEDMEN AND SLAVES; VII. LEGAL PRIVILEGE IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE; VIII. GREEKS AND THEIR PAST IN THE SECOND SOPHISTIC; IX. WHY WERE THE EARLY CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED?; X. WHY WERE THE EARLY CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED? ANAMENDMENT ; XI. WHY WERE THE EARLY CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED? AREJOINDERXII. THE FAILURE OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN THE ROMANEMPIRE; XIII. THE ROMAN COLONATE; XIV. PEASANT REVOLTS IN LATE ROMAN GAUL AND SPAIN; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally published in 1978, this volume comprises articles previously published in the historical journal, Past and Present, ranging over nearly a thousand years of Graeco-Roman history. The essays focus primarily on the Roman Empire, reflecting the increase, in British scholarship of the post-war years, of explanatory, 'structuralist' studies of this period in Roman history. The topics treated include Athenian politics, the Roman conquest of the east, violence in the later Roman Republic, the second Sophistic, and persecutions of the early Christians. The authors have all produc
• Titolo autorizzato: Studies in Ancient Society
• ISBN: 1-136-50564-4; 0-203-14548-8; 1-283-96696-4; 1-136-50565-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820235003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Revivals