Title Bandits in the Roman Empire : myth and reality / Thomas Grünewald ; translated by John Drinkwater.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 230 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-221) and index.
Contents	Book Cover; Title; Contents; Translator's foreword; Author's preface to the original German edition; Bibliography; Introduction; Real bandits; Guerrilla leaders as latrones; Leaders of slave revolts as latrones; Politicians and pretenders as latrones; Leistai in Judaea; Imperial challengers: Bulla Felix and Maternus; Avengers in dynastic conflicts; Conclusion; Notes; Index.
Summary	The book aims to show how the concept of the bandit was taken up and manipulated during the Late Roman Republic and early Empire (2nd c. BC - 3rd c. AD.).
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Brigands and robbers -- Rome -- History.
	Political violence -- Rome -- History.
	Insurgency -- Rome -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Title	Räuber, Rebellen, Rivalen, Rächer. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003110053
Other Form:	Print version: Grünewald, Thomas. Räuber, Rebellen, Rivalen, Rächer. English. Bandits in the Roman Empire. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 041532744X (DLC) 2003066763 (OCoLC)53287841
ISBN	0203390547 (electronic book)
	9780203390542 (electronic book)
	041532744X (Cloth)
	9786610026173
	6610026173