Politics and Society in Imperial Rome

"This valuable book offers a fresh examination of the structure ofRoman imperial government. By concentrating on the dual aspect ofthe imperial regimethe one part descending from the institutions ofthe Republic, the other emerging from the household of theemperorsWinterling frames his issue with admirable clarity.

Informationen zum Autor Aloys Winterling is Professor for Ancient History at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He was previously Professor of Ancient History at the University of Basel. Klappentext Politics and Society in Imperial Rome offers fresh new interpretations of the politics, society, and culture Rome's imperial era.* Argues that the early principate was fundamentally incompatible with the persisting structures of the Roman Republic* Demonstrates how these contradictory systems affected the development of Roman society* Includes case studies on the imperial court and the emperor Caligula, as well as chapters on the scholarship of Theodor Mommsen and Christian Meier Zusammenfassung Politics and Society in Imperial Rome offers fresh new interpretations of the politics, society, and culture Rome's imperial era.* Argues that the early principate was fundamentally incompatible with the persisting structures of the Roman Republic* Demonstrates how these contradictory systems affected the development of Roman society* Includes case studies on the imperial court and the emperor Caligula, as well as chapters on the scholarship of Theodor Mommsen and Christian Meier Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Towards a New Interpretation of Imperial Rome.I. Paradoxical Structures.II. Two Cases in Point.III. Academic Approaches.Editorial Note.Index

Autorentext
Aloys Winterling is Professor for Ancient History at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He was previously Professor of Ancient History at the University of Basel.

Klappentext
Politics and Society in Imperial Rome offers fresh new interpretations of the politics, society, and culture Rome's imperial era. * Argues that the early principate was fundamentally incompatible with the persisting structures of the Roman Republic * Demonstrates how these contradictory systems affected the development of Roman society * Includes case studies on the imperial court and the emperor Caligula, as well as chapters on the scholarship of Theodor Mommsen and Christian Meier

Inhalt
Introduction: Towards a New Interpretation of Imperial Rome. I. Paradoxical Structures. II. Two Cases in Point. III. Academic Approaches. Editorial Note. Index

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