Slaves to Rome

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-107-67444-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

Reihe: Cambridge Classical Studies

This study in the language of Roman imperialism provides a provocative new perspective on the Roman imperial project. It highlights the prominence of the language of mastery and slavery in Roman descriptions of the conquest and subjection of the provinces. More broadly, it explores how Roman writers turn to paradigmatic modes of dependency familiar from everyday life - not just slavery but also clientage and childhood - in order to describe their authority over, and responsibilities to, the subject population of the provinces. It traces the relative importance of these different models for the imperial project across almost three centuries of Latin literature, from the middle of the first century BCE to the beginning of the third century CE.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lavan, Myles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Romans and allies; 2. Masters of the world; 3. Empire and slavery in Tacitus; 4. Benefactors; 5. Patrons and protectors; 6. Addressing the allies; Afterword.

Über Autor(innen)

Lavan, Myles
Myles Lavan is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of St Andrews.