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Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 788
ISBN-13: 9780415100588
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the outset of the period covered by this book, Rome was the greatest power in the world. By its end, it had fallen conclusively from this dominant position. David Potter's comprehensive survey of two critical and eventful centuries traces the course of imperial decline.
Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 804
ISBN-13: 9780415100571
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the outset of the period covered by this book, Rome was the greatest power in the world. By its end, it had fallen conclusively from this dominant position. David Potter's comprehensive survey of two critical and eventful centuries traces the course of imperial decline.
Author: David S. Potter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-03-26
Total Pages: 785
ISBN-13: 0203401174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid S. Potter's comprehensive survey of two critical and eventful centuries traces the course of imperial decline, skillfully weaving together cultural, intellectual and political history. Particular attention is paid throughout to the structures of government, the rise of Persia as a rival, and the diverse intellectual movements in the empire. There is also a strong focus on Christianity, transformed in this period from a fringe sect to the leading religion. Against this detailed background, Potter argues that the loss of power can mainly be attributed to the failure in the imperial elite to respond to changes inside and outside the empire, and to internal struggles for control between different elements in the government, resulting in an inefficient centralization of power at court. A striking achievement of historical synthesis combined with a compelling interpretative line, The Roman Empire at Bay enables students of all periods to understand the dynamics of great imperial powers.
Author: David S. Potter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-03
Total Pages: 792
ISBN-13: 1134694776
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religion—Christianity. The book integrates social and intellectual history into the narrative, looking to explore the relationship between contingent events and deeper structure. It also covers an amazingly dramatic narrative from the civil wars after the death of Commodus through the conversion of Constantine to the arrival of the Goths in the Roman Empire, setting in motion the final collapse of the western empire. The new edition takes account of important new scholarship in questions of Roman identity, on economy and society as well as work on the age of Constantine, which has advanced significantly in the last decade, while recent archaeological and art historical work is more fully drawn into the narrative. At its core, the central question that drives The Roman Empire at Bay remains, what did it mean to be a Roman and how did that meaning change as the empire changed? Updated for a new generation of students, this book remains a crucial tool in the study of this period.
Author: Martin Goodman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-04-12
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 1134943849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGoodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious.
Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780472085682
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire gives those who have a general interest in Roman antiquity a starting point informed by the latest developments in scholarship for understanding the extraordinary range of Roman society. Family structure, gender identity, food supply, religion, and entertainment are all crucial to an understanding of the Roman world. As views of Roman history have broadened in recent decades to encompass a wider range of topics, the need has grown for a single volume that can offer a starting point for all these diverse subjects, for readers of all backgrounds."--Page 4 of cover.
Author: David S. Potter
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 728
ISBN-13: 1405178264
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with aguide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Romanstudies, taking account of the most recent discoveries. This Companion brings together thirty original essays guidingreaders through Roman imperial history and the field of Romanstudies Shows that Roman imperial history is a compelling and vibrantsubject Includes significant new contributions to various areas of Romanimperial history Covers the social, intellectual, economic and cultural historyof the Roman Empire Contains an extensive bibliography
Author: Raymond Van Dam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-04-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780521133012
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe reign of the emperor Constantine (306-337) was as revolutionary for the transformation of Rome's Mediterranean empire as that of Augustus, the first emperor three centuries earlier. The abandonment of Rome signaled the increasing importance of frontier zones in northern and central Europe and the Middle East. The foundation of Constantinople as a new imperial residence and the rise of Greek as the language of administration previewed the establishment of a separate eastern Roman empire.
Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0190231629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative and vibrant new account of the extraordinary life of Constantine.
Author: David Potter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-07-22
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1134962339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLiterary Texts and the Roman Historian looks at literary texts from the Roman Empire which depict actual events. It examines the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read. Beside covering the major Roman historical authors such as Livy and Tacitus, he also considers the contributions of authors in other genres like: * Cicero * Lucian * Aulus Gellius. Literary Texts and the Roman Historian provides an accessible and concise introduction to the complexities of Roman historiography.
