The Cambridge Ancient History
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2nd edition, 2/8/1996
EAN 9780521264303, ISBN10: 0521264308
Hardback, 1090 pages, 23.1 x 15.8 x 7.9 cm
The period described in Volume 10 of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History begins in the year after the death of Julius Caesar and ends in the year after the fall of Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors. Its main theme is the transformation of the political configuration of the state and the establishment of the Roman Empire. Chapters 1-6 supply a political narrative history of the period. In chapters 7-12 the institutions of government are described and analysed. Chapters 13–14 offer a survey of the Roman world in this period region by region, and chapters 15–21 deal with the most important social and cultural developments of the era (the city of Rome, the structure of society, art, literature, and law). Central to the period is the achievement of the first emperor, Augustus.
1. The triumviral period Christopher Pelling
2. Political history, 30 BC to AD 14 J. A. Crook
3. Augustus
power, authority, achievement J. A. Crook
4. The expansion of the Empire under Augustus Erich S. Gruen
5. Tiberius to Nero T. E. J. Wiedemann
6. From Nero to Vespasian T. E. J. Wiedemann
7. The imperial court Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
8. The imperial finances D. W. Rathbone
9. The senate, senatorial and equestrian posts Richard J. A. Talbert
10. Provincial administration and taxation Alan K. Bowman
11. The army and the navy Lawrence Keppie
12. The administration of justice H. Galsterer
13a. Italy and Rome from Sulla to Augustus M. H. Crawford
13b. Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica R. J. A. Wilson
13c. Spain C. Alföldy
13d. Gaul C. Goudineau
13e. Britain 43 BC to AD 69 John Wacher
13f. Germany C. Rüger
13g. Raetia H. Wolff
13h. The Danubian and Balkan provinces J. J. Wilkes
13i. Roman Africa
Augustus to Vespasian C. R. Whittaker
13j. Cyrene Joyce Reynolds and J. A. Lloyd
14a. Greece (including Crete and Cyprus) and Asia Minor from 43 BC to AD 69 B. M. Levick
14b. Egypt Alan K. Bowman
14c. Syria David Kennedy
14d. Judaea Martin Goodman
15. Rome and its development under Augustus and his successors Nicholas Purcell
16. The place of religion
Rome in the early Empire S. R. F. Price
17. The origins and spread of Christianity G. W. Clarke
18. Social status and social legislation Susan Treggiari
19. Literature and society Gavin Townend
20. Roman art 43 BC to AD 69 Mario Torelli
21. Early classical private law Bruce W. Frier
Appendices
Stemmata
Chronological table
Bibliography.
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