Richard Miller: Emperor in the Roman World

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Beschreibung

This book offers a large scale reassessment of the function of Roman emperor over three centuries (from Augustus to Constantine) and of the social realities of this exercise of power. Concentrating on the patterns of communication between the emperor and his subjects, the author shows that such communications were normally initiated by the subjects - whether grouped in cities or other associations, or individually and that the emperor fulfilled his role primarily by making responses to them or giving decisions or verdicts between them.

The book casts new light on a number of detailed historical questions such as the sources of the emperor's wealth and the ways he spent it; the imperial residences and the mobility of the court; and the relatively small and simple entourage that the emperor needed to perform his functions. But above all, it emphasizes two major historical themes: the steady detachment of the emperor from the republican institutions of the city of Rome; and the way in which relations between Emperor and Church were shaped by the emperor's long-standing relations with cities, temples and associations in the pagan world.

Drawing on a wide range of evidence, from literature and legal writings to inscriptions and papyri, the main text can be read without any knowledge o f Latin or Greek.

Über den Autor

Sir Fergus Millar is Emeritus Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford, UK, and a Fellow of the British Academy, which awarded him the Kenyon Medal of Classics in 2005. Millar numbers among the most influential historians of ancient Greece and Rome.

Zusammenfassung

This book offers a large-scale reassessment of the function of the Roman emperor over three centuries (from Augustus to Constantine) and of the social realities of his exercise of power.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations
Contents
Part I: PrologueI. Marcus Aurelius at Sirmium
Part II: The Emperor: Setting, Resources and FunctionII. From Rome to Constantinople
III. Entourage, Assistants and Advisers
IV. The Imperial Wealth: Gifts and Exactions
V. The Emperor at Work: Imperial Functions
Part III: Subject and Emperor
VI. The Equestrian Order and the Senate
VII. Cities, Provincial Councils and Associations
VIII. Private Persons
IX. Church and Emperor
Epilogue
Appendices
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780715617229
ISBN-10:	0715617222
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Miller, Richard Millar, Fergus
Orchester:	Millar, F.
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 37 mm
Von/Mit:	Richard Miller (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2013
Gewicht:	1,03 kg