Roman Power · A Thousand Years of Empire (9781316684696) by Harris, William V. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Coverpage Half title Title page Imprints page Dedication Contents Illustrations Maps Preface Timeline Abbreviations Chapter 1 The long-term evolution of Roman power Chapter 2 The Romans against outsiders, 400 bc to ad 16

Armed force and enduring control under the middle Republic: an outline Techniques of domination under the middle Republic, to 241 bc World power, 241–146 bc Questions and controversies Almost irresistible Conclusion

Chapter 3 The Romans against each other, from republic to monarchy

Inside an aristocratic society The form and nature of the polity in the middle Republic Late-Republican discontents One-man rule and its effects on wider power-relationships Charismatic power, economic power Internal power, External power

Chapter 4 The Romans against outsiders, ad 16 to 337

Expansion slows and ceases Desires and reasons Emperors and their rivals Military strength and weakness Knowledge and methods Conclusion

Chapter 5 The Romans against each other: from empire to nation?

Durability and docility: the historical problem Assimilation and identity The emperor Imperial questions Diocletian and Constantine High and mid-level officials Order and law Lower officials Social and gender power The power of ideas Internal power, external power

Chapter 6 The Romans against outsiders, ad 337 to 641

The crucial decades Western woes An attempt at explanation Two centuries later The unsustainability of Justinian’s empire Conclusion

Chapter 7 The Romans against each other in two long crises

Sixty crucial years of imperial power Bishops, priests, and the state Social disintegration Ideas From Justinian to Heraclius and beyond Internal rivals Internal power, external power

Chapter 8 Retrospect and some reflections References Index