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Subject(s)

• Roman provinces—Administration [Browse]
• Rome—Civilization [Browse]
• Rome—History—Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. [Browse]
• Rome—History—Republic, 265-30 B.C. [Browse]

Series

• Routledge history of the ancient world. [More in this series]
• The Routledge History of the Ancient World Series

Summary note

The Roman World 44 BC - AD 180 deals with the transformation of the Mediterranean regions, northern Europe and the Near East by the military autocrats who ruled Rome during this period. The book traces the impact of imperial politics on life in the city of Rome itself and in the rest of the empire, arguing that, despite long periods of apparent peace, this was a society controlled as much by fear of state violence as by consent.Martin Goodman examines the reliance of Roman emperors on a huge military establishment and the threat of force. He analyses the extent to which the

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• THE ROMAN WORLD 44 BC - AD 180; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF MAPS; LIST OF DATES; PART I INTRODUCTION; 1 SOURCES AND PROBLEMS; THE EVIDENCE; THE WRITING OF HISTORY; FROM CITY TO EMPIRE; 2 THE ROMAN WORLD IN 50 BC; THE SPHERE OF ROMAN INFLUENCE; THE CITY OF ROME IN 50 BC; PARTII ÉLITE POLITICS; 3THE POLITICAL LANGUAGEOF ROME; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL METHODS; 4 CAESAR TO AUGUSTUS, 50 BC-AD 14; LAST YEARS OF JULIUS CAESAR; AUGUSTUS; 5 JULIO-CLAUDIANS, AD 14-68; TIBERIUS; GAIUS; CLAUDIUS; NERO; 6 CIVIL WAR AND FLAVIANS, AD 68-96; GALBA; OTHO; VITELLIUS; VESPASIAN; TITUS
• DOMITIAN7 NERVA TO MARCUS AURELIUS, AD 96-180; NERVA; TRAJAN; HADRIAN; ANTONINUS PIUS; MARCUS AURELIUS AND LUCIUS VERUS; COMMODUS; PARTIII THE STATE; 8MILITARY AUTOCRACY; POWER OF THE ARMY; THE PRAETORIAN GUARD; STATE TERROR; 9THE OPERATION OF THESTATE IN ROME; IMPERIAL BUREAUCRACY; URBAN CROWDS; THE SENATE; MAGISTRATES AND THE COURTS; STATE FINANCES; 10THE OPERATION OF THESTATE IN THE PROVINCES; TAXES; PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS; EXPANSION OF FRONTIERS; ADMINISTRATION; CLIENT KINGS; BEYOND THE FRONTIERS; 11THE ARMY IN SOCIETY; PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS; SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
• 12THE IMAGE OF THEEMPERORAUGUSTUS: THE MODEL EMPEROR; THE EMPEROR AS A GOD; THE CREATION OF THE IMAGE; 13THE EXTENT OF POLITICALUNITY; ALLIES OR SUBJECTS?; ROMAN CITIZENSHIP; ACCEPTANCE OF ROMAN RULE?; PROVINCIAL CO-OPERATION; THE EMPEROR AS UNIFIER; 14THE EXTENT OF ECONOMICUNITY; THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN PROMOTING TRADE; WORKFORCE; AGRICULTURE; INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY; LOCAL ECONOMIES AND CONNECTIVITY; 15THE EXTENT OFCULTURAL UNITY; URBANISATION; ARCHITECTURE AND ART; LITERARY CULTURE; DOMINANCE OF GREEK CULTURE IN SECOND CENTURY AD; PARTIV SOCIETY; 16REACTIONS TO IMPERIALRULE
• TYPES OF EVIDENCEACCOMMODATION; DISSOCIATION; OPPONENTS OF THE STATE; MASS INSURRECTION; 17THE CITY OF ROME:SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; THE IMPERIAL COURT; SENATORS; EQUITES; POPULUS; WOMEN; FAMILY; SLAVES; 18THE CITY OF ROME:CULTURE AND LIFE; LITERATURE; PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE; ORDINARY TASTES; 19ITALY AND SICILY; ITALY; SICILY; 20THE IBERIAN PENINSULAAND THE ISLANDS OF THEWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; THE IBERIAN PENINSULA; SARDINIA AND CORSICA; 21GAUL AND BRITAIN; ROMAN CONQUEST OF GAUL; CELTIC SOCIETY; EFFECTS OF ROMAN CONQUEST; ROMAN CONQUEST OF BRITAIN
• REBELLION AGAINST ROME IN GAUL AND BRITAINURBANIZATION OF GAUL AND BRITAIN; ASSIMILATION AND INDEPENDENCE; ECONOMIC PROSPERITY UNDER THE ROMANS; 22THE RHINELAND ANDTHE BALKANS; THE RHINELAND; THE ALPS; THE DANUBE AND THE BALKANS; DACIA; 23GREECE AND THE AEGEANCOAST; GREEK ATTITUDES TO ROMAN RULE; ECONOMIC MALAISE; GREEK ÉLITES AND GREEK CULTURE; CITY LIFE; 24CENTRAL AND EASTERNTURKEY; GALATIA, CAPPADOCIA AND THE LYCIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EFFECTS OF ROMAN RULE; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ROMAN RULE; 25THE NORTHERN LEVANTAND MESOPOTAMIA; THE NORTHERN LEVANT; PARTHIA; MESOPOTAMIA; SYRIA
• CULTURAL CHANGE

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ISBN

• 1-136-50933-X
• 1-136-50934-8
• 0-203-14688-3

OCLC

• 798531943
• 787851374

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203146880

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