Rome and its Empire, AD 193-284 /

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

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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 ru...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.) :; 32 B/W illustrations
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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

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