Politics and Society in Imperial Rome

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7969-0
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 427 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winterling, Aloys

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Toward a New Interpretation of Imperial Rome.

Part I: Paradoxical Structures:

2. "State," "Society," and Political Integration.

3. Friendship and Patron–Client Relations.

4. "Public" and "Private".

Part II: Two Cases in Point:

5. A Court without "State." The aula Caesaris.

6. Meaningful Madness. The Emperor Caligula.

Part III: Academic Approaches:

7. Theodor Mommsen’s Theory of "Dyarchia".

8. Christian Meier’s "Crisis without Alternative" in Ancient Rome.

Editorial Note.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Winterling, Aloys
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.