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Rome and Its Empire, AD 193-284
Olivier Hekster
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Description for Rome and Its Empire, AD 193-284
Paperback. A discursive look at the key debates that evolved from this period of the Roman Empire. Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 362.
This was a time of civil war, anarchy, intrigue, and assassination. Between 193 and 284 the Roman Empire knew more than twenty-five emperors, and an equal number of usurpers. All of them had some measure of success, several of them often ruling different parts of the Empire at the same time. Rome's traditional political institutions slid into vacuity and armies became the Empire's most powerful institutions, proclaiming their own imperial champions and deposing those they held to be incompetent. Yet despite widespread contemporary dismay at such weak government this period was also one in which the boundaries of the Empire ... Read more
This was a time of civil war, anarchy, intrigue, and assassination. Between 193 and 284 the Roman Empire knew more than twenty-five emperors, and an equal number of usurpers. All of them had some measure of success, several of them often ruling different parts of the Empire at the same time. Rome's traditional political institutions slid into vacuity and armies became the Empire's most powerful institutions, proclaiming their own imperial champions and deposing those they held to be incompetent. Yet despite widespread contemporary dismay at such weak government this period was also one in which the boundaries of the Empire ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Debates and Documents in Ancient History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748623044
SKU
V9780748623044
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About Olivier Hekster
Olivier Hekster is Van der Leeuw Professor in Ancient History at the Radboud University, Nijmegen.
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