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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Clifford Ando |
| ISBN: | 0520220676 9780520220676 |
| OCLC Number: | 41977348 |
| Description: | xxi, 494 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Communis Patria --- PART 1. ANCIENT AND MODERN CONTEXTS -- Ideology in the Roman Empire -- The Roman Achievement in Ancient Thought --- PART 2. CONSENSUS AND COMMUNICATION -- The Communicative Actions of the Roman Government -- Consensus in Theory and Practice -- The Creation of Consensus -- Images of Emperor and Empire --- PART 3. FROM IMPERIUM TO PATRIA -- Orbis Terrarum and Orbis Romanus -- The King Is a Body Politick ... for that a Body Politique Never Dieth -- Conclusion: Singulare et Unicum Imperium. |
| Series Title: | Classics and contemporary thought. |
| Responsibility: | Clifford Ando. |
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Abstract:
The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. In approaching this problem, the author asks, Why did the empire last so long? It argues that the longevity of the empire rested not on Roman military power but on a gradually realized consensus that Roman rule was justified.
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- Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Influence.
- Allegiance -- Rome.
- Roman provinces -- Administration.
- Rome -- Cultural policy -- Influence.
- Political stability -- Rome.
- Centralisme.
- Provincies.
- Provinz.
- Loyalität.
- Politische Kommunikation.
- Provinzialverwaltung.
- Römisches Reich.
