Roman Empire : a handbook / edited Sven Günter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Günther, Sven, editer.

Series:

Empires Through the Ages in Global Perspective Series

Empires Through the Ages in Global Perspective Series ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 542 pages) : color map

1 online resource (552 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2025]

Summary:

The Roman Empire is the paradigmatic empire of world history.Its rise, stability and prosperity but also decline and fall has impressed and fascinated people around the world and throughout times.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Written Sources

3 Non-Written Sources

4 Spatial Dimension and Environment

5 Expansion, Territorial Loss, and Reach

6 Genesis, Rise, Heydays, Decline, and Collapse

7 Tradition and Visualization of Roman Imperial Power and Imperium

8 Imperial Biographies: Emperors, Commanders, and Co.

9 Structure of the State, Modes of Government, Administration

10 Society and Social Integration, Elites and their Functions

11 Army and War

12 Strategies of Integration against Threats of Disintegration, from a Military Perspective

13 Center and Periphery of Empire: Imperial Policy

14 Ideology and Strategies of Communication and Legitimation

15 Religion of the Roman Empire

16 Monotheism(s) and Roman Empire

17 Economy and Economic Strategies in the Roman Empire

18 Law

19 Crisis Management in the Roman Imperial Age

20 Enacting Empire: Ancient Roman Rituals in Fascist Multimedia

21 The Roman Empire &amp

amp

Empire Studies: Few &amp

Short Conclusions

Contributors

Index fontium

Index locorum

Index nominum (humanarum divinarumque)

Index rerum.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783110618211

3110618214

OCLC:

1525279736