Government, society, and culture in the Roman Empire

Government, society, and culture in the Roman Empire /

This second volume of the three-volume collection of Fergus Millar's published essays draws together 20 of his classic pieces on the government, society, and culture of the Roman Empire. Every article in Volume 2 addresses the themes of how the Roman Empire worked in practice and what it was li...

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Main Author: Millar, Fergus
Other Authors: Cotton, Hannah, Rogers, Guy MacLean
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, N.C. : London : University of North Carolina Press ; Eurospan, 2004.
Series:Millar, Fergus. Rome, the Greek world, and the East ; v. 2.
Studies in the history of Greece and Rome.
Subjects:
Civilization, Ancient.
Civilization
Civilization, Ancient
Greece > Civilization.
Rome > Civilization.
Grèce > Civilisation.
Rome > Civilisation.
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Computer network resources.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I. The Imperial Government
  • 1. Emperors atWork
  • 2. Trajan: Government by Correspondence
  • Introduction
  • Trajan's Correspondence from the Frontier
  • Pliny and Trajan
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • 3. The Fiscus in the First Two Centuries
  • Imperial Properties
  • The Fiscus in Litigation
  • Bona Caduca (Unclaimed Property)
  • Bona Damnatorum (Property of Persons Condemned on Criminal Charge)
  • Fines and Penalties
  • Extraordinary Taxes
  • Benefactions
  • Conclusion
  • 4. The Aerarium and Its O.cials under the Empire.
  • The Building
  • The Officials
  • Non-Financial Documents
  • Farming Out (Locatio) of Public Contracts
  • Debts to the State
  • The Accounts of Promagistrates
  • Cash Payments
  • Financial Decisions
  • Conclusion
  • 5. Cash Distributions in Rome and Imperial Minting
  • 6. Epictetus and the Imperial Court
  • Postscript
  • 7. Condemnation to Hard Labour in the Roman Empire, from the Julio-Claudians to Constantine
  • Introduction
  • Beating and Cruel Forms of Execution
  • Carcer or Custodia, and Vincula
  • The Nature of Opus Publicum.
  • Condemnation to the Mines or Quarries: Metallum, Opus Metalli, and Ministerium Metallicorum
  • Pistrinum
  • Gynaecea and Other Manufacturing Establishments
  • Conclusions
  • 8. The Equestrian Career under the Empire
  • 9. Emperors, Frontiers, and Foreign Relations, 31 B.C. to A.D. 378
  • Introduction
  • The Agents of Decision
  • Communication and Responsibility
  • The Concentration of Strategic Decision Making
  • Information and Conceptual Frameworks
  • Conclusion
  • 10. Government and Diplomacy in the Roman Empire during the First Three Centuries.
  • 11. Emperors, Kings, and Subjects: The Politics of Two-Level Sovereignty
  • Dependent Kingdoms in the Early Roman Empire
  • The Bosporan Kingdoms and the Empire
  • Part II. Society and Culture in the Empire
  • 12. Local Cultures in the Roman Empire: Libyan, Punic, and Latin in Roman Africa
  • Introduction
  • Section I
  • Section II
  • Section III
  • 13. P. Herennius Dexippus: The Greek World and the Third-Century Invasions
  • Introduction
  • Past and Present in the Greek Renaissance
  • Patterns of Greek Historiography in the Second and Third Centuries.
  • Aspects of Society and Culture in Mid-Third-Century Athens
  • The Family of Dexippus
  • Dexippus' Life and Career
  • Dexippus' Historical Works
  • The Scythica
  • The Herulian Invasion
  • Greek Resistance to the Third-Century Invasions
  • 14. The Imperial Cult and the Persecutions
  • 15. TheWorld of the Golden Ass
  • 16. Empire and City, Augustus to Julian: Obligations, Excuses, and Status
  • Introduction
  • The Cities under the Early Empire: Obligations and Exemptions
  • Service to the State, Citizenship, and Exemption
  • Veterans and Immunity.

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