A companion to Roman imperialism / / edited by Dexter Hoyos.

• Superior document: History of warfare ; v. 81
• TeilnehmendeR: Hoyos, B. D. 1944-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: History of Warfare 81.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Roman empire extended over three continents, and all its lands came to share a common culture, bequeathing a legacy vigorous even today. A Companion to Roman Imperialism , written by a distinguished body of scholars, explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Rome’s rise to empire to reveal the impact which this had on her subject peoples and on the Romans themselves. The Companion analyses how Rome’s internal affairs and international relations reacted on each other, sometimes with violent results, why some lands were annexed but others ignored or given up, and the ways in which Rome’s population and power élite evolved as former subjects, east and west, themselves became Romans and made their powerful contributions to Roman history and culture. Contributors are Eric Adler, Richard Alston, Lea Beness, Paul Burton, Brian Campbell, Arthur Eckstein, Peter Edwell, Tom Hillard, Richard Hingley, Benjamin Isaac, José Luis López Castro, J. Majbom Madsen, Susan Mattern, Sophie Mills, David Potter, Jonathan Prag, Steven Rutledge, Maurice Sartre, John Serrati, Tom Stevenson, Martin Stone, and James Thorne.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Dexter Hoyos -- The Genesis of Roman Imperialism / Martin Stone -- Definitions of Roman Imperialism / Peter M. Edwell -- Sicily and Sardinia-Corsica / Jonathan Prag -- The Spains, 205–72 BC / José Luis López Castro -- Hegemony and Annexation beyond the Adriatic, 230–146 BC / Arthur Eckstein -- Enter the Muse / Paul Burton -- Rivals for Empire / James Thorne -- Choosing Friends, Foes and Fiefdoms in the Second Century BC / Tom Hillard and Lea Beness -- Rei militaris virtus ... orbem terrarum parere huic imperio coegit / Lea Beness and Tom Hillard -- Imperialism and the Fall of the Republic / John Serrati -- Imperialism and Its Failures, 60 BC–AD 14 / Brian Campbell -- Reverberations of Empire / Tom Stevenson -- Augustan Imperialism / Richard Alston -- Barbarian Friends and Foes / Susan Mattern -- Pearls, Gold, Slaves? / Steven Rutledge -- Eastern Hegemonies and Setbacks, AD 14–96 / Benjamin Isaac -- Trajan / Peter Edwell -- Exploitation and Assimilation / Richard Hingley -- Co-opting the Conqueror / Maurice Sartre -- Speeches of Enemies and Criticism of Empire in Early Imperial Historiography / Eric Adler -- The Provincialisation of Rome / Jesper Majbom Madsen -- The Limits of Power / David Potter -- Roman Imperialism / Sophie Mills -- Bibliography / Dexter Hoyos -- Index / Dexter Hoyos.