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Informationen zum Autor Martin Goodman is Professor of Jewish Studies at Oxford. He is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has written numerous books, including The Ruling Class of Judaea (1987) and Rome and Jerusalem: the clash of ancient civilizations (2007). Klappentext Goodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious. Zusammenfassung Goodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Introduction 1. Sources and problems 2. The Roman world in 50 BC Part 2: Elite politics 3. The political language of Rome 4. Caesar to Augustus, 50 BC-AD 14 5. Julio-Claudians, AD 14-68 6. Civil war and Flavians, AD 68–96 7. Nerva to Marcus Aurelius, AD 96–180 Part 3: The state 8. Military autocracy 9. The operation of the state in Rome 10. The operation of the state in the provinces 11. The army in society 12. The image of the emperor 13. The extent of political unity 14. The extent of economic unity 15. The extent of cultural unity Part 4: Society 16. Reactions to imperial rule 17. The city of Rome: Social organization 18. The city of Rome: Culture and life 19. Italy and Sicily 20. The Iberian Peninsula and the islands of the western Mediterranean 21. Gaul and Britain 22. The Rhineland and the Balkans 23. Greece and the Aegean coast 24. Central and eastern Turkey 25. The northern Levant and Mesopotamia 26. The southern Levant 27. Egypt 28. North Africa Part 5: Humans and gods 29. Religion 30. Judaism 31. Christianity Part 6: Epilogue 32. Severans to Constantine
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Part 1: Introduction 1. Sources and problems 2. The Roman world in 50 BC Part 2: Elite politics 3. The political language of Rome 4. Caesar to Augustus, 50 BC-AD 14 5. Julio-Claudians, AD 14-68 6. Civil war and Flavians, AD 68-96 7. Nerva to Marcus Aurelius, AD 96-180 Part 3: The state 8. Military autocracy 9. The operation of the state in Rome 10. The operation of the state in the provinces 11. The army in society 12. The image of the emperor 13. The extent of political unity 14. The extent of economic unity 15. The extent of cultural unity Part 4: Society 16. Reactions to imperial rule 17. The city of Rome: Social organization 18. The city of Rome: Culture and life 19. Italy and Sicily 20. The Iberian Peninsula and the islands of the western Mediterranean 21. Gaul and Britain 22. The Rhineland and the Balkans 23. Greece and the Aegean coast 24. Central and eastern Turkey 25. The northern Levant and Mesopotamia 26. The southern Levant 27. Egypt 28. North Africa Part 5: Humans and gods 29. Religion 30. Judaism 31. Christianity Part 6: Epilogue 32. Severans to Constantine
