This book casts new light on a number of detailed historical qustions such as the sources of the emperor's wealth and the ways he spent it; the imperial residences and the mobility of the court; and the relatively small and simple entourage that the emperor needed to perform his functions. But above all, it emphasizes two major historical themes: the steady detachment of the emperor from the republican institutions of the city of Rome; and the way in which relations between Emperor and Church were shaped by the emperor's long-standing relations with cities, temples and associations in the pagan world.
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"A masterpiece of historical writing --not merely a standard work to be read as a matter of compulsion by (at the least) all ancient historians, but rather an immediate classic whose effects will long be felt and which in the present generation cannot be superseded.' K. R. Bradley, Gnomon
"A masterpiece of historical writing --not merely a standard work to be read as a matter of compulsion by (at the least) all ancient historians, but rather an immediate classic whose effects will long be felt and which in the present generation cannot be superseded.' K. R. Bradley, Gnomon --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"A masterpiece of historical writing --not merely a standard work to be read as a matter of compulsion by (at the least) all ancient historians, but rather an immediate classic whose effects will long be felt and which in the present generation cannot be superseded.' K. R. Bradley, Gnomon --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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RICHARD F. MILLER is a retired investment banker, an historian of the American Civil War, and a consultant to Talk Radio News Service. He is a co-author of The Civil War: The Nantucket Experience. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Miller is a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society and lives in Concord, Massachusetts.
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If you have any interest in the varied roles and attributes of Roman emperors, then you should include this book in your personal library. After seeing this book appear in the bibliographies of so many notable histories of the Roman Empire, I had to check it out. Now I refer to it often in my research. It covers everything from Imperial palaces, to the Praetorian Guards and German bodyguard, freedmen secretaries, Imperial treasury and wealth, relationships to the senate, the Emperor as Judge, etc. It ranges from Augustus to Constantine.
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Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius, Julius Caesar, Severus Alexander, Septimius Severus, Asia Minor, Municipal Administration, Historia Augusta, Cassius Dio, Later Roman Empire, Aelius Aristides, Codex Justinianus, Valerius Maximus, Lucius Verus, Roman Documents, Imperator Caesar, Herodes Atticus, Pliny the Elder, Tabula Banasitana, Acts of the Pagan Martyrs, Aulus Gellius, Pliny the Younger, Dio of Prusa, Liber Pontificalis, Fouilles de Delphes New!
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ratio privata, magister privatae, sacred victors, bona damnatorum, equus publicus, latus clavus, provincial embassies, officio proconsulis, provincial embassy, tetrarchic period, imperial familia, private rescripts, bona caduca, imperial liberality, imperial reply, praetorian cohorts, senatorial posts, imperial replies, equestrian posts, praefectus fabrum, public provinces, imperial journeys, praefectus vigilum, bona vacantia, imperial letters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius, Julius Caesar, Severus Alexander, Septimius Severus, Asia Minor, Municipal Administration, Historia Augusta, Cassius Dio, Later Roman Empire, Aelius Aristides, Codex Justinianus, Valerius Maximus, Lucius Verus, Roman Documents, Imperator Caesar, Herodes Atticus, Pliny the Elder, Tabula Banasitana, Acts of the Pagan Martyrs, Aulus Gellius, Pliny the Younger, Dio of Prusa, Liber Pontificalis, Fouilles de Delphes New!
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