Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World

Uses a broad range of evidence to explore how the Roman Empire worked and was experienced by its subjects.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Towards a Roman dialect of empire; 2. Territory; 3. Wealth and society; 4. Force and violence; 5. Time; Epilogue: becoming Roman?

About the author

Emma Dench is McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics at Harvard University. Her publications include Romulus' Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the age of Hadrian (2005) and From Barbarians to New Men: Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples of the Central Apennines (1995), as well as numerous articles and chapters on ethnicity, race, empire, and historiography in the ancient world.

Product details

• Authors: Emma Dench, Emma (Harvard University Dench, Dench Emma
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780521009010
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00901-0
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Key Themes in Ancient History; Key Themes in Ancient History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Social & cultural history, General & world history, Ancient Rome, Colonialism and imperialism, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, General and world history, Historical states, empires, territories and regions