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Livres anciens et modernes

Hopkins, Keith

CONQUERORS AND SLAVES Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Cambridge University Press, 1978

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Détails

Année
1978
Auteur
Hopkins, Keith
Éditeurs
Cambridge University Press
Edition
First Edition
Thème
Slavery & Emancipation Social & Cultural Sociology Roman History, Classical Greek & Roman Social Sciences Imperialism Roman Empire
Description
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Description
Hardcover ISBN 0521219450
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Sociological Studies in Roman History, Vol. 1; 268 pages; The enormous size of the Roman empire and the length of time it endured call for an understanding of the institutions which sustained it. In this book, Keith Hopkins, who is both classicist and sociologist, uses various sociological concepts and methods to gain new insights into how traditional Roman institutions changed as the Romans acquired their empire. He examines the chain reactions resulting from increased wealth; various aspects of slavery, especially manumission and the cost of freedom; the curious phenomenon of the political power wielded by eunuchs at court; and in the final chapter he discusses the Roman emperor's divinity and the circulation of untrue stories, which were a currency of the political system. Professor Hopkins has developed an exciting approach to social questions in antiquity and his book should be of interest to all students of ancient history and of historical sociology.