"Excellent discussions of the plebians and their struggle for political recoginiton, the nature of the aristrocracy, the nobles, the economy, the senatorial and equestrian orders with their ladders of promotion, the municipal aristocracy... [An] excellent introduction to the subject by a historian of international reputation. Classical World

This book treats such topics as the structure of archaic Roman society; social changes from the beginning of Roman expansion to the Second Punic War; slave uprisings and other conflicts in the society of the Late Republic; the social system of the early Empire; the crisis of the Roman Empire; and late Roman society to the fall of the Empire.
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This book treats such topics as the structure of archaic Roman society; social changes from the beginning of Roman expansion to the Second Punic War; slave uprisings and other conflicts in the society of the Late Republic; the social system of the early Empire; the crisis of the Roman Empire; and late Roman society to the fall of the Empire.

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Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the First German Edition (1975)
Chapter 1. Early Roman Society
Chapetr 2. Roman Society from the Beginning of Expansion to the Second Punic War
Chapter 3. The Structural Change of the Second Century BC
Chapter 4. The Crisis of the Republic and Roman Society
Chapter 5. The Social System of the Early Empire
Chapter 6. The Crsis of the Roman Empire and Structural Change in Society
Chapter 7. Late ROman Society
Notex
Index

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780801837012
Publisert
1989-05-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Johns Hopkins University Press
Vekt
340 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Géza Alföldy is a professor of ancient history at the University of Heidelberg.