Rome, the Greek World, and the East, Vol. 2 - Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire

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Rome, the Greek World, and the East ...

StudiesintheHistoryofGreeceandRome Robin Osborne, P.J. Rhodes, and Richard J.A.Talbert, editors ...

Rome, the Greek World, and the East volume 2 Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire Fergus Millar Edited by Hannah ...

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Contents Preface vii IntroductiontoVolume2,byHannahM.Cotton xi Abbreviations xix Part I.The Imperial Government 1.EmperorsatWork ...

vi Contents 10.GovernmentandDiplomacyintheRomanEmpire duringtheFirstThreeCenturies 195 11.Emperors,Kings,andSubjects: ThePolitic ...

Preface Fergus Millar, Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford emeritus, is one of the most influential ...

viii Preface notionsaboutthesupposedoligarchicpoliticalcharacteroftheRomanRe- public.InthefutureMillarintendstoreturntotheRomanN ...

Preface ix Publication of a three-volume collection of essays, drawn from a wide varietyofjournalsandeditedvolumes,overnearlyfou ...

x Preface UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress,fortheirflexibility,advice,andsupport oftheproject. GabrielaSara,OriShapir,AmirMarmor,a ...

Introduction Thosewhostudyandteachthehistoryoftheancientworldsufferfrom agreatdisadvantage,whichwefinddifficulttoadmiteventoours ...

xii Introduction traps,torereadtheoldtextswithafresheyeandforceoutsomethingnew, informative,andmeaningful. Thenewreadingofthefam ...

Introduction xiii describedasa‘‘trueclassic,’’liesattheveryheartofThe Emperor in the Roman Worldand was in fact the most complet ...

xiv Introduction counterpointto‘‘thevaluesofstatusandambition’’onwhichtheimperial courtandimperialsocietyasawholewerebased,wasno ...

Introduction xv chapter11:‘‘Emperors,Kings,andSubjects:ThePoliticsofTwo-LevelSov- ereignty’’(1996). Thesecondpartofthisvolumeope ...

xvi Introduction in chapter 16: ‘‘Empire and City, Augustus to Julian: Obligations, Excuses, andStatus’’(1983).Thevitalityofcity ...

Introduction xvii TheGreekhistorian,CassiusDio,andtheGreekjurist,M.Cn.Licinius Rufinus,embodythatprocessintheircareersintheservi ...

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Abbreviations AbbotandJohnson,Municipal Administration F.F.AbbottandA.C.Johnson,Municipal Administration in the Roman Empire(192 ...