Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-20359-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Impact of Empire

This book deals with changing power and status relations between the highest ranking representatives of Roman imperial power at the central level, in a period when the Empire came under tremendous pressure, AD 193-284. Based on epigraphic, literary and legal materials, the author deals with issues such as the third-century development of emperorship, the shift in power of the senatorial elite and the developing position of senior military officers and other high equestrians. By analyzing the various senior power-holders involved in Roman imperial administration by social rank, this book presents new insights into the diachronic development of imperial administration, appointment policies and socio-political hierarchies between the second and fourth centuries AD.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the socio-political history of the ancient world, the workings of Roman imperial administration, and the connections between center and periphery within the Roman Empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mennen, Inge

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: CHANGING EMPERORSHIP: SETTING THE SCENE
1.1. Factors influencing emperorship between AD 193 and 284
1.2. Consequences for the position of the emperor
1.3. Conclusion

CHAPTER 2: THE IMPACT OF CRISES ON THE POSITION OF THE SENATORIAL ELITE
2.1. Establishing the senatorial elite in the third century
2.2. Analyzing the selected families
2.3. Defining a nucleus within the senatorial elite
2.4. Conclusion
EXCURSUS: PROSOPOGRAPHY OF THE SENATORIAL ELITE FAMILIES

CHAPTER 3: PRAETORIAN PREFECTS AND OTHER HIGH-RANKING EQUESTRIANS
3.1. The increasing responsibilities of high equestrians in imperial administration
3.2. The status of high-ranking equestrians in the third century
3.3. The praefecti praetorio: a case study
3.4. Conclusion

CHAPTER 4: HIGH-RANKING MILITARY OFFICERS: SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS VS GALLIENUS
4.1. Septimius Severus and his military officers
4.2. Gallienus and his military officers
4.3. Conclusion
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX -1-
APPENDIX -2-
APPENDIX -3-
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Über Autor(innen)

Inge Mennen, Ph.D. (2010) in History, Radboud University Nijmegen, is currently Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam. She has published on the Severan emperors’ representation of power, and the role of senators and high equestrians in imperial administration.