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- catalog abstract ""J. E. Lendon offers a new interpretation of how the Roman empire worked in the first four centuries AD. A despotism rooted in force and fear enjoyed widespread support among the ruling classes of the provinces on the basis of an aristocratic culture of honour shared by rulers and ruled. The competitive Roman and Greek aristocrats of the empire conceived of their relative standing in terms of public esteem or honour, and conceived of their cities - towards which they felt a warm patriotism - as entities locked in a parallel struggle for primacy in honour over rivals. Emperors and provincial governors exploited these rivalries to gain the indispensable co-operation of local magnates by granting honours to individuals and their cities. Since rulers strove for honour as well, their subjects manipulated them with honours in their turn. Honour - whose workings are also traced in the Roman army - served as a way of talking and thinking about Roman government: it was both a species of power, and a way - connived in by rulers and ruled - of concealing the terrible realities of imperial rule."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10245680.
- catalog coverage "Rome Politics and government 30 B.C.-476 A.D.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""J. E. Lendon offers a new interpretation of how the Roman empire worked in the first four centuries AD. A despotism rooted in force and fear enjoyed widespread support among the ruling classes of the provinces on the basis of an aristocratic culture of honour shared by rulers and ruled. The competitive Roman and Greek aristocrats of the empire conceived of their relative standing in terms of public esteem or honour, and conceived of their cities - towards which they felt a warm patriotism - as entities locked in a parallel struggle for primacy in honour over rivals. Emperors and provincial governors exploited these rivalries to gain the indispensable co-operation of local magnates by granting honours to individuals and their cities. Since rulers strove for honour as well, their subjects manipulated them with honours in their turn. Honour - whose workings are also traced in the Roman army - served as a way of talking and thinking about Roman government: it was both a species of power, and a way - connived in by rulers and ruled - of concealing the terrible realities of imperial rule."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Honour and Influence in the Roman World -- 3. The Emperor -- 4. Officials -- 5. The Roman Army -- 6. Agamemnon's Empire -- App. The Latin and Greek Lexicon of Honour.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-301) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 320 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Empire of honour.".
- catalog identifier "0198150792".
- catalog isFormatOf "Empire of honour.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Empire of honour.".
- catalog spatial "Rome Politics and government 30 B.C.-476 A.D.".
- catalog subject "JC83 .L464 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Honour and Influence in the Roman World -- 3. The Emperor -- 4. Officials -- 5. The Roman Army -- 6. Agamemnon's Empire -- App. The Latin and Greek Lexicon of Honour.".
- catalog title "Empire of honour : the art of government in the Roman world / J.E. Lendon.".
- catalog type "text".