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Informationen zum Autor 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 180-395 (2004) Klappentext New discoveries constantly make us rethink what we know about Roman history. A Companion to the Roman Empire keeps students and professional historians up to date with these developments, but also demonstrates to a wider audience why the Roman Empire remains a compelling and vibrant subject. It provides readers with a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies. The individual contributors to this volume all make significant new contributions to the areas about which they are writing. Topics range from intellectual and social issues, to administrative, economic, and cultural history, and each chapter provides readers with a survey of the subject. The volume also includes a discussion of sources and methods for studying Roman imperial history. Zusammenfassung 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. Provides a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies. Takes account of recent discoveries. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations x List of Tables xiii Notes on Contributors xiv Acknowledgments xvi Reference works: Abbreviations xvii Ancient authors: Abbreviations and Glossary xx The Emperors of Rome from Augustus to Constantine xxix Introduction: The Shape of Roman History: The Fate of the Governing Class 1 David S. Potter PART I THE SOURCES 21 1 Constructing a Narrative 23 Cynthia Damon 2 Roman Imperial Numismatics 35 William E. Metcalf 3 Documents 45 Traianos Gagos and David S. Potter 4 Art, Architecture, and Archaeology in the Roman Empire 75 Lea Stirling 5 Interdisciplinary Approaches 98 James B. Rives PART II NARRATIVE 113 6 The Emergence of Monarchy: 44 BCE-96 CE 115 Greg Rowe 7 Rome the Superpower: 96-235 CE 126 Michael Peachin 8 The Transformation of the Empire: 235-337 CE 153 David S. Potter PART III ADMINISTRATION 175 9 The Administration of the Provinces 177 Clifford Ando 10 The Transformation of Government under Diocletian and Constantine 193 Hugh Elton 11 The Roman Army 206 Nigel Pollard 12 Greek Cities Under Roman Rule 228 Maud W. Gleason 13 Cities and Urban Life in the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire 30 BCE-250 CE 250 Jonathan Edmondson PART IV SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE 281 14 The Imperial Economy 283 David Mattingly 15 Landlords and Tenants 298 Dennis P. Kehoe 16 The Family 312 Judith Evans Grubbs 17 Sexuality in the Roman Empire 327 Amy Richlin 18 On Food and the Body 354 Veronika E. Grimm 19 Leisure 369 Garrett G. Fagan 20 Spectacle 385 David S. Potter PART V INTELLECTUAL LIFE 409 21 The Construction of the Past in the Roman Empire 411 Rowland Smith 22 Imperial Poetry 439 K. Sara Myers 23 Greek Fiction 453 Joseph L. Rife 24 Roman Law and Roman History 477 John Matthews 25 Roman Medicine 4...
