Format:
1 online resource (542 pages)
ISBN:
9780300222265
Content:
A groundbreaking and comprehensive history of the Roman Peace from one of the leading historians of the ancient world.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Maps -- Preface - Living in Peace -- Introduction - A Glory Greater than War -- THE PAX ROMANA -- PART ONE - REPUBLIC -- I: The Rise of Rome -- ORIGINS -- THE REPUBLIC -- OVERSEAS -- II: War -- MASSACRE -- RICHES AND REPUTATION - THE DRIVE TO EMPIRE -- FAITH AND RUTHLESSNESS -- III: Friends and Rivals -- AMICI - THE FRIENDS OF THE ROMANS -- 'ALL GAUL IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS' - CAESAR'S INTERVENTION -- ALLIES AND ENEMIES -- RESISTING ROME -- IV: Traders and Settlers -- CIVIS ROMANUS SUM - ROMANS ABROAD -- MARKETS AND EXCHANGE -- ROMAN AND NATIVE -- V: 'How much did you make?' - Government -- PROCONSULS -- CILICIA -- MAKING MONEY -- VI: Provincials and Kings -- 'AT LEAST THEY THINK THEY HAVE SELF -GOVERNMENT' -- DEALING WITH ROME -- PEACE AND ITS PRICE -- PART TWO - PRINCIPATE -- VII: Emperors -- POWER WITHOUT LIMIT -- PEACE AND WAR -- LIMITS -- VIII: Rebellion -- 'MUST EVERYONE ACCEPT SERVITUDE?' -- THE QUEEN -- TAXES AND ILL -TREATMENT -- WINNING AND LOSING A PROVINCE -- A STRONGER SENSE OF IDENTITY? -- IX: Resistance, Rioting and Robbery -- 'PEACEFUL AND QUIET' -- KINGS AND BAD NEIGHBOURS -- MURDER, PLUNDER AND POLITICS -- X: Imperial Governors -- 'FIRMNESS AND DILIGENCE' -- BITHYNIA AND PONTUS - WASTE, CORRUPTION AND RIVALRIES -- EVIL MEN -- XI: Life under Roman Rule -- 'CIVILIZATION' AND 'ENSLAVEMENT' -- SHEEP AND SHEPHERDS, ROMANS AND NATIVES -- INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS -- XII: The Army and the Frontiers -- 'A GREAT CIRCLE OF CAMPS' -- THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL -- ATTACK AND DEFENCE -- XIII: Garrisons and Raids -- 'CLANDESTINE CROSSINGS' -- GARRISONS, FORTS AND WALLS -- THE ANATOMY OF A RAID -- FEAR, REPUTATION AND DOMINANCE -- XIV: Beyond the Pax Romana -- OUTSIDE -- TRADE AND TREATIES -- CIVIL WAR AND PEACE -- Conclusion - Peace and War -- Chronology.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300178821
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780300178821
Language:
English
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