Rome and its Empire, AD 193-284 / / Olivier Hekster.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Hekster, Olivier,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Debates and Documents in Ancient History : DDAH
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 32 B/W illustrations

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748623044');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 remained fairly stable; the rights and privileges of Roman citizenship were extended equally to all free citizens of the Empire; in several regions the economy remained robust in the face of rampant inflation; and literary culture, philosophy, and legal theory flourished. Historians have been discussing how and why this could have been for centuries. Olivier Hekster takes you to the heart of these debates and illustrates the arguments with key contemporary documents. His compelling account will engage students at all levels of study.Key FeaturesIssues of historical significance are identified and thematically discussedImportant modern debates are placed together and exploredKey passages of text along with key images are gathered and accessible in one volumeIncludes essay questions, chronology, further reading, bibliography, and useful website resources"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part I Debates -- History and Narrative -- CHAPTER 1 A Capital and its Provinces -- CHAPTER 2 Economy, Armies and Administration -- CHAPTER 3 Law and Citizenship -- CHAPTER 4 Development and Perception of Emperorship -- CHAPTER 5 Christianity and Religious Change -- Conclusion -- Part II Documents -- 1. Cassius Dio: Roman History -- 2. Herodian: History of the Empire after Marcus -- 3. Historia Augusta -- 4. Sextus Aurelius Victor: Book of the Caesars -- 5. Eutropius: Breviarium -- 6. Festus: Breviarium -- 7. Zosimus: New History -- 8. Publius Aelius Aristides: To Rome -- 9. The Thirteenth Sibylline Oracle -- 10. Res Gestae Divi Saporis -- 11. Lactantius: On the Deaths of the Persecutors -- 12. P. Herennius Dexippus: Scythica -- 13. Dexippus Inscription -- 14. Odaenathus Inscriptions from CIS -- 15. Augsburg Inscription -- 16. Inscriptions from CIL -- 17. Aga Bey Köyü Petition -- 18. Papyrus of Isis to her Family -- 19. Command of the Egyptian Prefect -- 20. The Constitutio Antoniniana -- 21. Digest -- 22. Damnatio Memoriae in a Papyru -- 23. Oxyrhynchus papyri -- 24. Inscriptions from Aphrodisias -- 25. Acclamation at Perge -- 26. The Feriale Duranum -- 27. Trajan to Pliny -- 28. Libellus of the Decian Persecution -- 29. Cyprian: To Demetrianus -- 30. Cyprian: Letter 80 -- 31. Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas -- 32. Marcus Minucius Felix: Octavius -- 33. Epistle against the Manichees -- 34. Ban on Magical Consultation -- 35. Wall of Aurelian -- 36. Rock Relief at Bishapur -- 37. Arch of Galerius, Thessalonica -- 38. Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome -- 39. Arco degli Argentarii, Rome -- 40. Palmyrene Sarcophagus -- 41. Syrian Togate Portrait -- 42. Distribution of Third-Century Imperial Coin Types -- 43. Coins of Elagabalus -- 44. Trilingual Coin from Tyre -- 45. Coins of Philip the Arab -- 46. Decius' Consecration Coins -- 47. Coins of Gallienus -- 48. Coins of Aurelian and His Opponents -- 49. Imperial busts -- Emperors and Usurpers -- Further Reading -- Essay Questions and Exercise Topics -- Internet Resources -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index