Power and Privilege in Roman Society

Explores the impact of social standing on the careers of senators and knights in the Roman Empire.

About the author

Richard Duncan-Jones is a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and has also been a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He has published widely on Roman social and economic history. His previous books published by Cambridge University Press are The Economy of the Roman Empire, 2nd edition (1982), Structure and Scale in the Roman Economy (1990) and Money and Government in the Roman Empire (1994). He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 1992.

Summary

Were high appointments in the Roman Empire based on merit or on social standing? Some strong social biases emerge from this innovative study which uses a specially compiled database. There was considerable aristocratic preference in both army and civilian commands, and the higher equestrian posts suggest similar patterns.

Product details

• Authors: Duncan-Jones Richard, Richard (Gonville and Caius College Duncan-Jones, Richard Duncan-Jones
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.03.2018
• Subject: Non-fiction book; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9781316604335
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60433-5
• Pages: 241
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.7 x 1 cm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity