{"product_id":"the-roman-empire-in-context-9780470655573","title":"The Roman Empire in Context","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile historians, sociologists, and political scientists have long recognized the importance of the Roman Empire, surprisingly little serious comparative analysis is available on this period in world history.   The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives addresses this neglected area of study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students\/faculty.\" (Choice, 1 November 2011)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors.  \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor's Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction (\u003ci\u003eJohann P. Arnason\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Expansion and Transformation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 From City-State to Empire: Rome in Comparative Perspective (\u003ci\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Transition from Republic to Principate: Loss of Legitimacy, Revolution, and Acceptance (\u003ci\u003eEgon Flaig\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Strong and Weak Regimes: Comparing the Roman Principate and the Medieval Crown of Aragon (\u003ci\u003eD. A. Cohen and J. E. Lendon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Late Antiquity: Division, Transformation, and Continuity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Background to the Third-Century Crisis of the Roman Empire (\u003ci\u003eAdam Ziolkowski\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The End of Sacrifice: Religious Mutations of Late Antiquity (\u003ci\u003eGuy G. Stroumsa\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Contextualizing Late Antiquity: The First Millennium (\u003ci\u003eGarth Fowden\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Destinies of the Roman Legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Franks: Rome’s Heirs in the West (\u003ci\u003eMatthias Becher\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The End of Rome? The Transformation of the Eastern Empire in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries CE (\u003ci\u003eJohn Haldon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The First Islamic Empire (\u003ci\u003eChase F. Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Comparative Perspectives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 From City-State to Empire: The Case of Assyria (\u003ci\u003eMario Liverani\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 China’s Early Empires: The Authority and Means of Government (\u003ci\u003eMichael Loewe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Legs of the Throne: Kings, Elites, and Subjects in Sasanian Iran (\u003ci\u003eScott McDonough\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The King of Kings: Universal Hegemony, Imperial Power, and a New Comparative History of Rome (\u003ci\u003ePeter Fibiger Bang\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Conceptual and Theoretical Reflections.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Roman Phenomenon: State, Empire, and Civilization (\u003ci\u003eJohann P. Arnason\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Roman–European Continuities: Conceptual and Historical Questions (\u003ci\u003ePeter Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Sources (selective).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402388382039,"sku":"9780470655573","price":141.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470655573.jpg?v=1730480247","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-roman-empire-in-context-9780470655573","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}