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- catalog abstract ""During the first, stable period of the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth, or endanger survival? What forces of cohesion operated to balance the social and economic inequalities and high mortality rates? Why did Roman governments freeze the official religion while allowing the diffusion of alien, especially oriental, cults? Are we to see in their attitude to Christianity a policy of toleration - or simply confusion and a failure of nerve? These are some of the many questions posed in this book, which offers the first overall account of the society, economy and culture of the Roman empire. Addressed to non-specialist readers no less than to scholars, it breaks with the traditional historian's preoccupation with narrative and politics. As an integrated study of the life and outlook of the ordinary inhabitants of the Roman world, it deepens our understanding of the underlying factors in this important formative period of world history."--Book cover.".
- catalog contributor b739738.
- catalog contributor b739739.
- catalog coverage "Rome Economic conditions Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog coverage "Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog coverage "Rome Social conditions Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog coverage "Rome Social life and customs Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog created "1987.".
- catalog date "1987".
- catalog date "1987.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1987.".
- catalog description ""During the first, stable period of the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth, or endanger survival? What forces of cohesion operated to balance the social and economic inequalities and high mortality rates? Why did Roman governments freeze the official religion while allowing the diffusion of alien, especially oriental, cults? Are we to see in their attitude to Christianity a policy of toleration - or simply confusion and a failure of nerve? These are some of the many questions posed in this book, which offers the first overall account of the society, economy and culture of the Roman empire. Addressed to non-specialist readers no less than to scholars, it breaks with the traditional historian's preoccupation with narrative and politics. As an integrated study of the life and outlook of the ordinary inhabitants of the Roman world, it deepens our understanding of the underlying factors in this important formative period of world history."--Book cover.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 204-224.".
- catalog description "Introduction --- Part I. 1. A Mediterranean Empire -- 2. Government without Bureaucracy --- Part II. 3. An Underdeveloped Economy -- 4. The Land -- 5. Supplying the Roman Empire --- Part III. 6. The Social Hierarchy -- 7. Family and Household -- 8. Social Relations --- Part IV. 9. Religion -- 10. Culture.".
- catalog extent "231 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0715621459 :".
- catalog identifier "0715621475 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1987".
- catalog issued "1987.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Duckworth,".
- catalog spatial "Rome Economic conditions Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog spatial "Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Social conditions Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Social life and customs Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.".
- catalog subject "DG276 .G36x 1987b".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction --- Part I. 1. A Mediterranean Empire -- 2. Government without Bureaucracy --- Part II. 3. An Underdeveloped Economy -- 4. The Land -- 5. Supplying the Roman Empire --- Part III. 6. The Social Hierarchy -- 7. Family and Household -- 8. Social Relations --- Part IV. 9. Religion -- 10. Culture.".
- catalog title "The Roman Empire : economy, society, and culture / Peter Garnsey & Richard Saller.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".