The Roman World 44 BC–AD 180

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Routledge, Apr 12, 2002 - History - 416 pages
Goodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious.
 

Contents

SOURCES AND PROBLEMS
3
THE ROMAN WORLD IN 50 BC
10
The city of Rome in 50 BC
16
CAESAR TO AUGUSTUS 50 BCAD 14
28
JULIOCLAUDIANS AD 1468
47
MILITARY AUTOCRACY
81
THE OPERATION OF THE STATE IN ROME
87
THE OPERATION OF THE STATE IN THE PROVINCES
100
ITALY AND SICILY
190
THE IBERIAN PENINSULA AND THE ISLANDS OF
197
FRANCE AND BRITAIN
203
THE RHINELAND AND THE BALKANS
217
GREECE AND THE AEGEAN COAST
229
CENTRAL AND EASTERN TURKEY
237
THE SOUTHERN LEVANT
251
EGYPT
262

THE ARMY IN SOCIETY
113
THE IMAGE OF THE EMPEROR
123
THE EXTENT OF POLITICAL UNITY
135
THE EXTENT OF ECONOMIC UNITY
142
THE EXTENT OF CULTURAL UNITY
149
REACTIONS TO IMPERIAL RULE
159
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
165
CULTURE AND LIFE
179
NORTH AFRICA
276
PAGANISM
287
JUDAISM
302
CHRISTIANITY
315
Notes
331
Bibliographical notes
359
Index
367
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Martin Goodman is positioned at the Oriental Institute, Oxford. He has written numerous books, including The Ruling Class of Judaea (1987), State and Society in Roman Galilee (1983) and contributed to The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1986).

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