Politics and Society in Imperial Rome

"This valuable book offers a fresh examination of the structure ofRoman imperial government. By concentrating on the dual aspect ofthe imperial regimethe one part descending from the institutions ofthe Republic, the other emerging from the household of theemperorsWinterling frames his issue with admirable clarity.

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung "This valuable book offers a fresh examination of the structure of Roman imperial government. By concentrating on the dual aspect of the imperial regimethe one part descending from the institutions of the Republic, the other emerging from the household of the emperorsWinterling frames his issue with admirable clarity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Towards a New Interpretation of Imperial Rome.I. Paradoxical Structures.II. Two Cases in Point.III. Academic Approaches.Editorial Note.Index

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext

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

Inhalt

Introduction: Towards a New Interpretation of Imperial Rome. I. Paradoxical Structures. II. Two Cases in Point. III. Academic Approaches. Editorial Note. Index