Empire of Honour - The Art of Government in the Roman World

Zusatztext There is no doubt that Lendon describes a central feature of the way in which the inhabitants of the Roman Empire thought. Klappentext Jon Lendon offers a bold new analysis of how Roman government worked in the first four centuries AD. A despotism rooted in force and fear enjoyed widespread support among the ruling classes of the provinces on the basis of an aristocratic culture of honour shared by rulers and ruled. Zusammenfassung Jon Lendon offers a bold new analysis of how Roman government worked in the first four centuries AD. A despotism rooted in force and fear enjoyed widespread support among the ruling classes of the provinces on the basis of an aristocratic culture of honour shared by rulers and ruled.

Product details

• Authors: J. E. Lendon, Jon Lendon, Lendon J. E.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1997
• EAN: 9780198150794
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815079-4
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: Hansard Society Series in Poli; Hansard Society Series in Poli
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political structure & processes, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, Political structure and processes, BCE period – Protohistory