Ruling the Later Roman Empire / / Christopher Kelly.
In this highly original work, Christopher Kelly paints a remarkable picture of running a superstate. He portrays a complex system of government openly regulated by networks of personal influence and the payment of money. Focusing on the Roman Empire after Constantine's conversion to Christianit...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Revealing Antiquity ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: First Thoughts
- Part I . The Bureaucrat’s Tale
- Introduction: John Lydus: A Man and His Book
- 1 All the Prefect’s Men
- 2 The Competition for Spoils
- Part II. Ruler s and Ruled
- Introduction: Passages from the Principate to Late Antiquity
- 3 Standing in Line
- 4 Purchasing Power
- 5 Autocracy and Bureaucracy
- Epilogue: Last Judgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index