Ruling the Later Roman Empire
Published on 1. July 2009
352 pages
978-0-674-03945-2 (ISBN)
Description
Kelly portrays a complex system of government openly regulated by networks of personal influence and the payment of money. Focusing on the Roman Empire after Constantine's conversion to Christianity, Kelly illuminates a period of increasingly centralized rule through an ever more extensive and intrusive bureaucracy.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Harvard University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-03945-2 (9780674039452)
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Christopher Kelly
Ruling the Later Roman Empire
Book
09/2006
The Belknap Press
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Person
Christopher Kelly is University Lecturer in Classics and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge.
Content
Contents Acknowledgments Prologue: First Thoughts Part I . The Bureaucrat's Tale Introduction: John Lydus: A Man and His Book 1 All the Prefect's Men 2 The Competition for Spoils Part II . Rulers and Ruled Introduction: Passages from the Principate to Late Antiquity 3 Standing in Line 4 Purchasing Power 5 Autocracy and Bureaucracy Epilogue: Last Judgments Notes Bibliography Index
