Format:
Online-Ressource (470 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0807855200
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0807828521
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0807863696
Series Statement:
Rome, the Greek world, and the East v.2
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Part I. The Imperial Government -- 1. Emperors atWork -- 2. Trajan: Government by Correspondence -- Introduction -- Trajan's Correspondence from the Frontier -- Pliny and Trajan -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- 3. The Fiscus in the First Two Centuries -- Imperial Properties -- The Fiscus in Litigation -- Bona Caduca (Unclaimed Property) -- Bona Damnatorum (Property of Persons Condemned on Criminal Charge) -- Fines and Penalties -- Extraordinary Taxes -- Benefactions -- Conclusion -- 4. The Aerarium and Its O.cials under the Empire -- The Building -- The Officials -- Non-Financial Documents -- Farming Out (Locatio) of Public Contracts -- Debts to the State -- The Accounts of Promagistrates -- Cash Payments -- Financial Decisions -- Conclusion -- 5. Cash Distributions in Rome and Imperial Minting -- 6. Epictetus and the Imperial Court -- Postscript -- 7. Condemnation to Hard Labour in the Roman Empire, from the Julio-Claudians to Constantine -- Introduction -- Beating and Cruel Forms of Execution -- Carcer or Custodia, and Vincula -- The Nature of Opus Publicum -- Condemnation to the Mines or Quarries: Metallum, Opus Metalli, and Ministerium Metallicorum -- Pistrinum -- Gynaecea and Other Manufacturing Establishments -- Conclusions -- 8. The Equestrian Career under the Empire -- 9. Emperors, Frontiers, and Foreign Relations, 31 B.C. to A.D. 378 -- Introduction -- The Agents of Decision -- Communication and Responsibility -- The Concentration of Strategic Decision Making -- Information and Conceptual Frameworks -- Conclusion -- 10. Government and Diplomacy in the Roman Empire during the First Three Centuries -- 11. Emperors, Kings, and Subjects: The Politics of Two-Level Sovereignty -- Dependent Kingdoms in the Early Roman Empire -- The Bosporan Kingdoms and the Empire.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Part I. The Imperial Government""; ""1. Emperors atWork""; ""2. Trajan: Government by Correspondence""; ""Introduction""; ""Trajan�s Correspondence from the Frontier""; ""Pliny and Trajan""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""3. The Fiscus in the First Two Centuries""; ""Imperial Properties""; ""The Fiscus in Litigation""; ""Bona Caduca (Unclaimed Property)""; ""Bona Damnatorum (Property of Persons Condemned on Criminal Charge)""; ""Fines and Penalties""; ""Extraordinary Taxes""; ""Benefactions""; ""Conclusion""
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""4. The Aerarium and Its O.cials under the Empire""""The Building""; ""The Officials""; ""Non-Financial Documents""; ""Farming Out (Locatio) of Public Contracts""; ""Debts to the State""; ""The Accounts of Promagistrates""; ""Cash Payments""; ""Financial Decisions""; ""Conclusion""; ""5. Cash Distributions in Rome and Imperial Minting""; ""6. Epictetus and the Imperial Court""; ""Postscript""; ""7. Condemnation to Hard Labour in the Roman Empire, from the Julio-Claudians to Constantine""; ""Introduction""; ""Beating and Cruel Forms of Execution""; ""Carcer or Custodia, and Vincula""
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""The Nature of Opus Publicum""""Condemnation to the Mines or Quarries: Metallum, Opus Metalli, and Ministerium Metallicorum""; ""Pistrinum""; ""Gynaecea and Other Manufacturing Establishments""; ""Conclusions""; ""8. The Equestrian Career under the Empire""; ""9. Emperors, Frontiers, and Foreign Relations, 31 B.C. to A.D. 378""; ""Introduction""; ""The Agents of Decision""; ""Communication and Responsibility""; ""The Concentration of Strategic Decision Making""; ""Information and Conceptual Frameworks""; ""Conclusion""
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""10. Government and Diplomacy in the Roman Empire during the First Three Centuries""""11. Emperors, Kings, and Subjects: The Politics of Two-Level Sovereignty""; ""Dependent Kingdoms in the Early Roman Empire""; ""The Bosporan Kingdoms and the Empire""; ""Part II. Society and Culture in the Empire""; ""12. Local Cultures in the Roman Empire: Libyan, Punic, and Latin in Roman Africa""; ""Introduction""; ""Section I""; ""Section II""; ""Section III""; ""13. P. Herennius Dexippus: The Greek World and the Third-Century Invasions""; ""Introduction""; ""Past and Present in the Greek Renaissance""
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""Patterns of Greek Historiography in the Second and Third Centuries""""Aspects of Society and Culture in Mid-Third-Century Athens""; ""The Family of Dexippus""; ""Dexippus� Life and Career""; ""Dexippus� Historical Works""; ""The Scythica""; ""The Herulian Invasion""; ""Greek Resistance to the Third-Century Invasions""; ""14. The Imperial Cult and the Persecutions""; ""15. TheWorld of the Golden Ass""; ""16. Empire and City, Augustus to Julian: Obligations, Excuses, and Status""; ""Introduction""; ""The Cities under the Early Empire: Obligations and Exemptions""
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""Service to the State, Citizenship, and Exemption""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807828526
Additional Edition:
Print version Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire
Language:
English
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