| Slaves to Rome: Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture Contributor(s): Lavan, Myles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107674441 ISBN-13: 9781107674448 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Foreign Language Study | Latin - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 878.010 |
| Series: Cambridge Classical Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study in the language of Roman imperialism provides a provocative new perspective on the Roman imperial project. It highlights the prominence of the language of mastery and slavery in Roman descriptions of the conquest and subjection of the provinces. More broadly, it explores how Roman writers turn to paradigmatic modes of dependency familiar from everyday life - not just slavery but also clientage and childhood - in order to describe their authority over, and responsibilities to, the subject population of the provinces. It traces the relative importance of these different models for the imperial project across almost three centuries of Latin literature, from the middle of the first century BCE to the beginning of the third century CE. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lavan, Myles: - Myles Lavan is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of St Andrews. |
