The Senate of Imperial Rome
Published on 21. July 1984
Book
Hardback
606 pages
978-0-691-05400-1 (ISBN)
Description
Richard J. A. Talbert examines the composition, procedure, and functions of the Roman senate during the Principate (30 B.C.-A.D. 238). Although it is of central importance to the period, this great council has not previously received such scholarly treatment. Offering a fresh approach to major ancient authors (Pliny and Tacitus in particular), the book also draws on inscriptions and legal writers never before fully exploited for the study of the senate.
Reviews / Votes
"[T]his book is bound to take its place as a standard work of Romanhistory, and a much-used starting point for further investigations
of the nature and evolution of that still mysterious entity, the Roman
Empire.
" * Fergus Millar, Times Literary Supplement *
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Trade binding
ISBN-13
978-0-691-05400-1 (9780691054001)
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Richard J.A. Talbert
The Senate of Imperial Rome
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