A highly accessible survey of life in the capital of the Roman Empire, the largest metropolis of its day.
Cambridge Companion zur antiken Welt Reihe
Diese Reihe taucht in die antike Welt ein und erforscht entscheidende Perioden und Ereignisse in der Geschichte und Zivilisation Griechenlands und Roms. Jeder Band enthält neu in Auftrag gegebene Essays, die bedeutende gesellschaftliche Veränderungen in Politik, Wirtschaft, Kunst und Kriegsführung analysieren. Diese Bücher bieten eine Synthese der bestehenden Forschung und werfen gleichzeitig neue Fragen auf und schlagen frische Forschungsansätze vor. Sie dienen als unschätzbare Ressourcen für Studenten und Gelehrte, die ein tieferes Verständnis suchen.
Empfohlene Lesereihenfolge
A sophisticated introduction to and assessment of all aspects of the Roman Empire's economic life.
This Companion volume features fifteen essays exploring various aspects of the Hellenistic world, from religion and philosophy to economy and military campaigns. It examines the impact of Alexander's conquests, the uniqueness of the Hellenistic age, and offers a comprehensive understanding of this complex period. A bibliography and further reading recommendations are included.
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law
- 554 Seiten
- 20 Lesestunden
This book reflects the wide range of current scholarship on Roman law. The essays, newly-commissioned for this volume, cover the sources of evidence for classical Roman law; the elements of private law, as well as criminal and public law; and the second life of Roman law in Byzantium, in civil and canon law, and in political discourse from AD 1100 to the present. Roman law nowadays is studied in many different ways, which is reflected in the diversity of approaches in the essays. Some focus on how the law evolved in ancient Rome, others on its place in the daily life of the Roman citizen, still others on how Roman legal concepts and doctrines have been deployed through the ages. All of them are responses to one and the same thing: the sheer intellectual vitality of Roman law, which has secured its place as a central element in the intellectual tradition and history of the West.