Sulla, the elites and the empire : a study of Roman policies in Italy and the Greek east / by Federico Santangelo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santangelo, Federico.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, c. 200 B.C.-A.D. 476) (Series) ; 8.

Impact of empire, 1572-0500 ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sulla, Lucius Cornelius.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Rome--Politics and government--510-30 B.C.

Statesmen--Rome--Biography.

Statesmen.

Elite (Social sciences).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Summary:

This book is a study of Sulla's policies in Italy and in the Greek East. Its main aim is to show how Sulla revived Rome's alliances with the local elites at a critical moment for the survival of her Mediterranean hegemony. The discussion calls into play a wide range of political, economic and religious issues, and the argument is developed from three complementary standpoints: role of elites, administration, and ideology. Sulla, the Elites and the Empire deals with both the impact of a prominent individual and the impact of the Roman empire. It sets outs to offer a new appraisal of Sulla and his age and, more generally, to contribute to the understanding of the late Roman Republic.

Contents:

Part I Punishment and Rewards. Sulla and the Elites

Chapter 1 A silent crisis, a noisy collapse 19

Chapter 2 A complex strategy: Sulla between Attica and Boeotia 33

Chapter 3 Facing the consequences: the elites of Asia Minor 50

Chapter 4 Warfare and Politics: Sulla in Italy 67

Chapter 5 Retaliation and politics: the proscriptions 78

Chapter 6 Sulla's infamous associates 88

Chapter 7 The necessity of the elites: interim conclusions 100

Part II Between War and Peace. Sulla and the Administration of the Empire

Chapter 1 Resettling the province of Asia 107

Chapter 2 Statesmanship and retaliation: between Capua and Praeneste 134

Chapter 3 Sullan colonisation in Italy: back to the basics 147

Chapter 4 Pompeii and Campania felix 158

Chapter 5 Etruria: a contrasting picture 172

Chapter 6 The Sullan veterans and Catiline's conspiracy 183

Chapter 7 The importance of Etruria 189

Chapter 8 Beyond the emergency: interim conclusions 192

Part III Sulla, Religion, and the Empire

Chapter 1 Why 'Sulla Epaphroditos'? 199

Chapter 2 A new founder for Rome 214

Appendix Sulla in the Epigraphical Evidence 231

Secondary Literature 235

Literary Sources 283

Inscriptions 290

Coins 292.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-281) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789004163867

9004163867

OCLC:

173808172