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Author : Neville Morley
Release : 2010
Genre : Imperialism
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Book Rating : 732/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Roman Empire by : Neville Morley
Download or read book The Roman Empire written by Neville Morley. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the origins and nature of the Roman empire, and its continuing influence in discussions and debates about modern imperialism
Author : Neville Morley
Release : 2010
Genre : Electronic books
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 749/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Roman Empire by : Neville Morley
Download or read book The Roman Empire written by Neville Morley. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A millenium and a half after the end of its dominance, Rome remains a significant presence in western culture. This book explores what the empire meant to its subjects.
Author : David J. Mattingly
Release : 2013-12-05
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 27X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Imperialism, Power, and Identity by : David J. Mattingly
Download or read book Imperialism, Power, and Identity written by David J. Mattingly. This book was released on 2013-12-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite what history has taught us about imperialism's destructive effects on colonial societies, many classicists continue to emphasize disproportionately the civilizing and assimilative nature of the Roman Empire and to hold a generally favorable view of Rome's impact on its subject peoples. Imperialism, Power, and Identity boldly challenges this view using insights from postcolonial studies of modern empires to offer a more nuanced understanding of Roman imperialism. Rejecting outdated notions about Romanization, David Mattingly focuses instead on the concept of identity to reveal a Roman society made up of far-flung populations whose experience of empire varied enormously. He examines the nature of power in Rome and the means by which the Roman state exploited the natural, mercantile, and human resources within its frontiers. Mattingly draws on his own archaeological work in Britain, Jordan, and North Africa and covers a broad range of topics, including sexual relations and violence; census-taking and taxation; mining and pollution; land and labor; and art and iconography. He shows how the lives of those under Rome's dominion were challenged, enhanced, or destroyed by the empire's power, and in doing so he redefines the meaning and significance of Rome in today's debates about globalization, power, and empire. Imperialism, Power, and Identity advances a new agenda for classical studies, one that views Roman rule from the perspective of the ruled and not just the rulers. In a new preface, Mattingly reflects on some of the reactions prompted by the initial publication of the book.
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Release : 2012-11-09
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 465/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Companion to Roman Imperialism by :
Download or read book A Companion to Roman Imperialism written by . This book was released on 2012-11-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman empire extended over three continents, and all its lands came to share a common culture, bequeathing a legacy vigorous even today. A Companion to Roman Imperialism, written by a distinguished body of scholars, explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Rome’s rise to empire to reveal the impact which this had on her subject peoples and on the Romans themselves. The Companion analyses how Rome’s internal affairs and international relations reacted on each other, sometimes with violent results, why some lands were annexed but others ignored or given up, and the ways in which Rome’s population and power élite evolved as former subjects, east and west, themselves became Romans and made their powerful contributions to Roman history and culture. Contributors are Eric Adler, Richard Alston, Lea Beness, Paul Burton, Brian Campbell, Arthur Eckstein, Peter Edwell, Tom Hillard, Richard Hingley, Benjamin Isaac, José Luis López Castro, J. Majbom Madsen, Susan Mattern, Sophie Mills, David Potter, Jonathan Prag, Steven Rutledge, Maurice Sartre, John Serrati, Tom Stevenson, Martin Stone, and James Thorne.
Author : William Vernon Harris
Release : 1985
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 661/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis War and Imperialism in Republican Rome, 327-70 B.C. by : William Vernon Harris
Download or read book War and Imperialism in Republican Rome, 327-70 B.C. written by William Vernon Harris. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 327 and 70 B.C. the Romans expanded their empire throughout the Mediterranean world. This highly original study looks at Roman attitudes and behavior that lay behind their quest for power. How did Romans respond to warfare, year after year? How important were the material gains of military success--land, slaves, and other riches--commonly supposed to have been merely an incidental result? What value is there in the claim of the contemporary historian Polybius that the Romans were driven by a greater and greater ambition to expand their empire? The author answers these questions within an analytic framework, and comes to an interpretation of Roman imperialism that differs sharply from the conventional ones.
