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

Myles Lavan

ISBN 10: 1107674441 / ISBN 13: 9781107674448

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2016

About this Item

This book examines how the experience of living with slavery shaped the way that the Roman elite thought about empire. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446. . 2016. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Slaves to Rome: Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture (Cambridge Classical Studies)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107674441
• ISBN 13: 9781107674448
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

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