Rome and its Empire, AD 193-284
by Hekster, OlivierFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-07-03
Publisher(s): Edinburgh University Press
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Summary
A concise, cross-referenced resource introducing the Roman Empire, its historical context, and main issues if interpretation and debate. The book includes translated source materials and illustrations of archaeological and material evidence.
Author Biography
Olivier Hekster is Professor of Ancient History at the Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Table of Contents
| Series Editors' Preface | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgements | p. xii |
| Abbreviations | p. xv |
| Maps | p. xvii |
| Debates | |
| Introduction: History and Narrative | p. 3 |
| A Capital and its Provinces | p. 11 |
| Economy, Armies and Administration | p. 31 |
| Law and Citizenship | p. 45 |
| Development and Perception of Emperorship | p. 56 |
| Christianity and Religious Change | p. 69 |
| Conclusion | p. 82 |
| Documents | |
| Cassius Dio: Roman History | p. 89 |
| Herodian: History of the Empire after Marcus | p. 94 |
| Historia Augusta | p. 97 |
| Sextus Aurelius Victor: Book of the Caesars | p. 98 |
| Eutropius: Breviarium | p. 101 |
| Festus: Breviarium | p. 107 |
| Zosimus: New History | p. 108 |
| Publius Aelius Aristides: To Rome | p. 109 |
| The Thirteenth Sibylline Oracle | p. 110 |
| Res Gestae Divi Saporis | p. 112 |
| Lactantius: On the Deaths of the Persecutors | p. 114 |
| P. Herennius Dexippus: Scythica | p. 114 |
| Dexippus Inscription | p. 116 |
| Odaenathus Inscriptions from CIS | p. 117 |
| Augsburg Inscription | p. 117 |
| Inscriptions from CIL | p. 118 |
| Aga Bey Koyu Petition | p. 121 |
| Papyrus of Isis to her Family | p. 122 |
| Command of the Egyptian Prefect | p. 122 |
| The Constitutio Antoniniana | p. 123 |
| Digest | p. 123 |
| Damnatio Memoriae in a Papyrus | p. 123 |
| Oxyrhynchus Papyri | p. 124 |
| Inscriptions from Aphrodisias | p. 125 |
| Acclamation at Perge | p. 126 |
| The Feriale Duranum | p. 127 |
| Trajan to Pliny: Letter 10.97 | p. 130 |
| Libellus of the Decian Persecution | p. 130 |
| Cyprian: To Demetrianus | p. 130 |
| Cyprian: Letter 80 | p. 134 |
| Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas | p. 135 |
| Marcus Minucius Felix: Octavius | p. 139 |
| Epistle against the Manichees | p. 140 |
| Ban on Magical Consultation | p. 141 |
| Wall of Aurelian | p. 143 |
| Rock Relief at Bishapur | p. 144 |
| Arch of Galerius, Thessalonica | p. 144 |
| Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome | p. 145 |
| Arco degli Argentarii, Rome | p. 146 |
| Palmyrene Sarcophagus | p. 146 |
| Syrian Togate Portrait | p. 147 |
| Distribution of Third-Century Imperial Coin Types | p. 147 |
| Coins of Elagabalus | p. 148 |
| Trilingual Coin from Tyre | p. 148 |
| Coins of Philip the Arab | p. 149 |
| Decius' Consecration Coins (250-1) | p. 150 |
| Coins of Gallienus | p. 151 |
| Coins of Aurelian and His Opponents | p. 152 |
| Imperial Busts | p. 153 |
| Emperors and Usurpers | p. 155 |
| Further Reading | p. 157 |
| Essay Questions and Exercise Topics | p. 162 |
| Internet Resources | p. 165 |
| Bibliography | p. 168 |
| Glossary | p. 177 |
| Index | p. 179 |
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