Conquerors and slaves [electronic resource] / by Keith Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, Keith, 1934-2004.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Sociological studies in Roman history ; v. 1

Sociological studies in Roman history Conquerors and slaves

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Rome.

Slavery.

Social structure.

Rome--Social conditions.

Rome.

Rome--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 268 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1978.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

I. CONQUERORS AND SLAVES: THE IMPACT OF CONQUERING AN EMPIRE ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ITALY

II. THE GROWTH AND PRACTICE OF SLAVERY IN ROMAN TIMES

III. BETWEEN SLAVERY AND FREEDOM: ON FREEING SLAVES AT DELPHI

IV. THE POLITICAL POWER OF EUNUCHS

V. DIVINE EMPERORS OR THE SYMBOLIC UNITY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Notes:

Includes bibliography (p. 243-260) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-139-08548-4