The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

Description

Through a series of original essays by leading international scholars, The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives offers a comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire’s role and achievement and, more broadly, establishes Rome’s significance within comparative studies. Fills a gap in comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire’s role and achievement Features contributions from more than a dozen distinguished scholars from around the world Explores the relevance of important comparativist themes of state, empire, and civilization to ancient Rome

• Author: Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Published: 2010-12-23
• Pages: 550
• ISBN-13: 9781444390209