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Pax and the politics of peace : republic to principate / Hannah Cornwell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cornwell, Hannah, author.
- Series:
- Oxford classical monographs.
- Oxford classical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--Foreign relations.
- Rome.
- Rome--History.
- Peace.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- The concept of Roman peace (pax) did not just denote the absence of war but formed part of a much greater discourse on how Rome conceptualized herself. This volume explores its changing meaning from Republic to Principate, arguing that it is fundamental to understanding the shifting balance of power and the creation of the Roman Empire.
- Contents:
- The meaning of Pax
- Peace in Civil War
- Peace over land and sea
- Peace in the new age of Augustus
- The Pax Augusta.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 21, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-252814-9
- 0-19-184358-X
- 0-19-252813-0
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