The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

Editor(s): Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub

Published Online: 21 MAR 2011 07:35AM EST

Print ISBN: 9780470655573

Online ISBN: 9781444390186

DOI: 10.1002/9781444390186

Series Editor(s): Kurt A. Raaflaub

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Through a series of original essays by leading international scholars, The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives offers a comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire's role and achievement and, more broadly, establishes Rome's significance within comparative studies.

  • Fills a gap in comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire's role and achievement
  • Features contributions from more than a dozen distinguished scholars from around the world
  • Explores the relevance of important comparativist themes of state, empire, and civilization to ancient Rome

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiv)

    1. Chapter 1

      Introduction (pages 1–35)

      Johann P. Arnason

  3. Part I: Expansion and Transformation

    1. Chapter 2

      From City-State to Empire: Rome in Comparative Perspective (pages 37–66)

      Kurt A. Raaflaub

    2. Chapter 3

      The Transition from Republic to Principate: Loss of Legitimacy, Revolution, and Acceptance (pages 67–84)

      Egon Flaig

    3. Chapter 4

      Strong and Weak Regimes: Comparing the Roman Principate and the Medieval Crown of Aragon (pages 85–109)

      D. A. Cohen and J. E. Lendon

  4. Part II: Late Antiquity: Division, Transformation, and Continuity

    1. Chapter 5

      The Background to the Third-Century Crisis of the Roman Empire (pages 111–133)

      Adam Ziolkowski

    2. Chapter 6

      The End of Sacrifice: Religious Mutations of Late Antiquity (pages 134–147)

      Guy G. Stroumsa

    3. Chapter 7

      Contextualizing Late Antiquity: The First Millennium (pages 148–176)

      Garth Fowden

  5. Part III: Destinies of the Roman Legacy

    1. Chapter 8

      The Franks: Rome's Heirs in the West (pages 177–198)

      Matthias Becher

    2. Chapter 9

      The End of Rome? The Transformation of the Eastern Empire in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries CE (pages 199–228)

      John Haldon

    3. Chapter 10

      The First Islamic Empire (pages 229–248)

      Chase F. Robinson

  6. Part IV: Comparative Perspectives

    1. Chapter 11

      From City-State to Empire: The Case of Assyria (pages 249–269)

      Mario Liverani

    2. Chapter 12

      China's Early Empires: The Authority and Means of Government (pages 270–289)

      Michael Loewe

    3. Chapter 13

      The Legs of the Throne: Kings, Elites, and Subjects in Sasanian Iran (pages 290–321)

      Scott McDonough

    4. Chapter 14

      The King of Kings: Universal Hegemony, Imperial Power, and a New Comparative History of Rome (pages 322–349)

      Peter Fibiger Bang

  7. Part V: Conceptual and Theoretical Reflections

    1. Chapter 15

      The Roman Phenomenon: State, Empire, and Civilization (pages 351–386)

      Johann P. Arnason

    2. Chapter 16

      Roman–European Continuities: Conceptual and Historical Questions (pages 387–406)

      Peter Wagner

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      General Index (pages 407–414)

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      Index of Sources (selective) (pages 415–416)

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