A Companion to the Roman Empire

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David S. Potter
John Wiley & Sons, Dec 2, 2009 - History - 728 pages
A Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies, taking account of the most recent discoveries.
  • This Companion brings together thirty original essays guiding readers through Roman imperial history and the field of Roman studies
  • Shows that Roman imperial history is a compelling and vibrant subject

  • Includes significant new contributions to various areas of Roman imperial history

  • Covers the social, intellectual, economic and cultural history of the Roman Empire

  • Contains an extensive bibliography

 

Selected pages

Contents

Constructing a Narrative
23
Contents
35
Documents
45
Art Architecture and Archaeology in the Roman Empire
75
Interdisciplinary Approaches
98
44 BCE96 CE
115
235337 CE
153
The Administration of the Provinces
177
Leisure
369
Spectacle
385
The Construction of the Past in the Roman Empire
411
Imperial Poetry
439
Greek Fiction
453
Roman Law and Roman History
477
Roman Medicine
492
Ann Hanson
504

The Transformation of Government under Diocletian
193
The Roman Army
206
Greek Cities Under Roman Rule
228
Cities and Urban Life in the Western Provinces of
250
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC Life
281
Landlords and Tenants
298
The Family
312
Sexuality in the Roman Empire
327
On Food and the Body
354
Philosophy in the Roman Empire
524
RELIGION
541
Jews and Judaism 70429 CE
565
Christians in the Roman Empire in the First Three
587
Christian Thought
607
Mark Edwards
614
Bibliography
620
Index
681
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About the author (2009)

David Potter is Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. He has published extensively on the history of the Roman world and appeared on many television programmes concerned with the history of Rome. His most recent publications include Life, Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire (co-edited with David J. Mattingly, 1999), Literary Texts and the Roman Historian (1999) and The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-39 (2004)

Bibliographic information

TitleA Companion to the Roman Empire
Volume 32 of Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
EditorDavid S. Potter
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2009
ISBN1405199180, 9781405199186
Length728 pages
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