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Slaves to Rome : paradigms of empire in Roman culture / Myles Lavan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lavan, Myles, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge classical studies.
- Cambridge classical studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin literature--History and criticism.
- Latin literature.
- Slavery in literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Enslaved persons--Rome.
- Enslaved persons.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Rome--History.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Latin language--Political aspects--Rome.
- Latin language.
- Rhetoric, Ancient.
- Language and culture--Rome.
- Language and culture.
- Rome--Politics and government--30 B.C.-476 A.D.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study in the language of Roman imperialism provides a provocative new perspective on the Roman imperial project. It highlights the prominence of the language of mastery and slavery in Roman descriptions of the conquest and subjection of the provinces. More broadly, it explores how Roman writers turn to paradigmatic modes of dependency familiar from everyday life - not just slavery but also clientage and childhood - in order to describe their authority over, and responsibilities to, the subject population of the provinces. It traces the relative importance of these different models for the imperial project across almost three centuries of Latin literature, from the middle of the first century BCE to the beginning of the third century CE.
- Contents:
- Romans and allies
- Masters of the world
- Empire and slavery in Tacitus
- Benefactors
- Patrons and protectors
- Addressing the allies.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-30159-9
- 1-107-30269-2
- 1-107-30575-6
- 1-107-30668-X
- 1-107-30888-7
- 1-107-31223-X
- 1-299-00905-0
- 1-107-31443-7
- 1-139-19902-1
- OCLC:
- 827210325
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