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Bezig met laden... Emperor in the Roman Worlddoor Fergus Millar
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a first-rate history book but it's a tough read unless you're a professional historian. It contains 600+ pages of quite detailed discussions of the historical evidence relating to the daily work of Roman emperors ("the emperor was what the emperor did", p.6). There are no attempts to draw general conclusions. There are not even chapter-ending summaries. This doesn't detract from the value of this book as a great work of scholarship, but a general reader hoping to read about the workings of Roman government will not find this work particularly useful. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
This book offers a large scale reassessment of the function of Roman emperor over three centuries (from Augustus to Constantine) and of the social realities of this exercise of power. Concentrating on the patterns of communication between the emperor and his subjects, the author shows that such communications were normally initiated by the subjects - whether grouped in cities or other associations, or individually and that the emperor fulfilled his role primarily by making responses to them or giving decisions or verdicts between them. The book casts new light on a number of detailed historical questions such as the sources of the emperor's wealth and the ways he spent it; the imperial residences and the mobility of the court; and the relatively small and simple entourage that the emperor needed to perform his functions. But above all, it emphasizes two major historical themes: the steady detachment of the emperor from the republican institutions of the city of Rome; and the way in which relations between Emperor and Church were shaped by the emperor's long-standing relations with cities, temples and associations in the pagan world. Drawing on a wide range of evidence, from literature and legal writings to inscriptions and papyri, the main text can be read without any knowledge o f Latin or Greek. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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