Klappentext Seeks to discover what the Romans themselves thought about their empire by examining the changing meaning of key terms. Zusammenfassung This book examines the language and the institutions of the Romans during the period in which they conquered the known world and created their empire. Changes in the meaning of some key words enable us to bypass modern assumptions about empire and discover what the Romans themselves thought they were doing.

Zusammenfassung
This book examines the language and the institutions of the Romans during the period in which they conquered the known world and created their empire. Changes in the meaning of some key words enable us to bypass modern assumptions about empire and discover what the Romans themselves thought they were doing.

Inhalt

Preface; 1. Ideas of empire; 2. The beginnings: Hannibal to Sulla; 3. Cicero's empire: imperium populi Romani; 4. The Augustan empire: imperium romanum; 5. After Augustus; 6. Conclusion: Imperial presuppositions and patterns of empire; Appendix 1. Cicero analysis; Appendix 2. Livy; Appendix 3. Imperium and provincia in legal writers; Bibliography; Index.