The Roman Empire and world history / Peter Fibiger Bang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bang, Peter F. (Peter Fibiger), author.

Series:

Key themes in ancient history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Rome.

Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"How do we fit the Roman Empire into world history? Too often the empire has simply been conceived of in terms of the West. But Rome was too big to be squeezed into a purely European model; her empire bestrode three continents. Peter Fibiger Bang develops a radical new world history framework for the Roman Empire, presenting it as part of an Afro-Eurasian arena of grand empires that dominated the shape of history before the forces of globalization and industrialization made the world centre on Europe from the eighteenth century onwards. It was a world before East and West. The book traces surprising cultural connections and societal similarities between Rome and the other vast empires of Afro-Eurasia. Whether we look at war-making, slavery, empire formation, literary culture or intercontinental trade and rebellion, Rome is best approached in its Afro-Eurasian context"-- Cambridge University Press.

Contents:

Rome and pre-colonial world history

The expanding world of warring states : Ecology, state formation and slavery

Among empires : The universal realms of the Afro-Eurasian world

The imperial cosmopolis : Courtly literary languages and monotheist religions

Premodern globalization? Transcontinental trade and the rituals of consumption in the Afro-Eurasian arena

Resistance, rebellion and renewal

Conclusion : Beyond globalization – The world histories for Rome.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed November 5, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Bang, Peter F. (Peter Fibiger) Roman Empire and world history

ISBN:

9781009031868

1009031864

OCLC:

1539300002

Publisher Number:

CIPO000281481

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license