Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284 : the critical century / Clifford Ando.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ando, Clifford, 1969-

Series:

Edinburgh history of ancient Rome

The Edinburgh history of ancient Rome

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Rome--Politics and government--30 B.C.-284 A.D.

Politics and government.

Rome--Economic conditions--30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

Summary:

The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome is a chronological history of Rome and the Roman world in eight volumes. From the city's first settlement to the collapse of the western empire and the emergence of Byzantium some 1,500 years later, each volume encapsulates the ever-changing identity of Rome, providing overall unity to its dramatic history.

The Roman empire during the period framed by the accession of Septimus Severus in AD 193 and the rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been regarded as one of crisis. Between 235 and 284, at least eighteen men held the throne of the empire, for an average of less than three years, a reckoning that does not take into account all the relatives and lieutenants with whom those men shared power. Compared to the century between the accession of Nerva and the death of Commodus, this is a period of striking volatility.

The middle of the century also witnessed catastrophic, if temporary, ruptures in the territorial integrity of the empire. Large portions of the eastern and western halves of the empire passed under the control of powers and principalities who assumed the mantle of Roman government and exercised meaningful and legitimate power over millions. Even those regions that remained Roman were subjected to deprivation and pillage by invading armies. The Roman peace, which had become in the last instance the justification for empire, had been shattered.

Clifford Ando describes and integrates the contrasting histories of different parts of the empire and assesses the impacts of administrative, political and religious change.

Key Features

Follows Rome's confrontation and conflict with a new world power, Sasanian Persia, in which two Roman emperors lost their lives

Devotes special attention to legal history

Examines the changing nature of religious pluralism and the Christian persecutions Book jacket.

Contents:

1. A critical century

2. The principal author of the decline and fall

3. The legacies of Septimius Severus

4. Law, citizenship and Antonine revolution

5. The empire and its neighbors: Maximinus to Philip

6. Religion

7. Failure and fragmentation: from the accession of Decius to the death of Gallienus

8. Government and governmentality

9. Reconquest and recidivism, 268-84

10. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0748620516

9780748620517

0748620508

9780748620500

OCLC:

775571452