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Slaves to Rome: Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture (Cambridge Classical Studies) - Softcover

Book 18 of 73: Cambridge Classical Studies

Lavan, Myles

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9781107674448: Slaves to Rome: Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture (Cambridge Classical Studies)
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ISBN 10: 1107674441 ISBN 13: 9781107674448
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

This study in the language of Roman imperialism provides a provocative new perspective on the Roman imperial project. It highlights the prominence of the language of mastery and slavery in Roman descriptions of the conquest and subjection of the provinces. More broadly, it explores how Roman writers turn to paradigmatic modes of dependency familiar from everyday life – not just slavery but also clientage and childhood – in order to describe their authority over, and responsibilities to, the subject population of the provinces. It traces the relative importance of these different models for the imperial project across almost three centuries of Latin literature, from the middle of the first century BCE to the beginning of the third century CE.

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About the Author

Myles Lavan is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of St Andrews.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107674441
ISBN 13 
9781107674448
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
304
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