A highly accessible survey of life in the capital of the Roman Empire, the largest metropolis of its day.
Cambridge Companion voor de Oude Wereld Reeks
Deze serie duikt in de antieke wereld en onderzoekt cruciale perioden en gebeurtenissen in de geschiedenis en beschaving van Griekenland en Rome. Elk deel bevat nieuw geschreven essays die belangrijke maatschappelijke veranderingen op het gebied van politiek, economie, kunst en oorlogvoering analyseren. Deze boeken bieden een synthese van bestaand onderzoek en roepen tegelijkertijd nieuwe vragen op en suggereren nieuwe onderzoeksrichtingen. Ze dienen als onschatbare bronnen voor zowel studenten als academici die op zoek zijn naar een dieper begrip.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
A sophisticated introduction to and assessment of all aspects of the Roman Empire's economic life.
This Companion volume features fifteen essays exploring various aspects of the Hellenistic world, from religion and philosophy to economy and military campaigns. It examines the impact of Alexander's conquests, the uniqueness of the Hellenistic age, and offers a comprehensive understanding of this complex period. A bibliography and further reading recommendations are included.
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law
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This book reflects the wide range of current scholarship on Roman law. The essays, newly-commissioned for this volume, cover the sources of evidence for classical Roman law; the elements of private law, as well as criminal and public law; and the second life of Roman law in Byzantium, in civil and canon law, and in political discourse from AD 1100 to the present. Roman law nowadays is studied in many different ways, which is reflected in the diversity of approaches in the essays. Some focus on how the law evolved in ancient Rome, others on its place in the daily life of the Roman citizen, still others on how Roman legal concepts and doctrines have been deployed through the ages. All of them are responses to one and the same thing: the sheer intellectual vitality of Roman law, which has secured its place as a central element in the intellectual tradition and history of the West.