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Author Ando, Clifford, 1969-

Title Imperial ideology and provincial loyalty in the Roman Empire / Clifford Ando.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
©2000
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 494 pages).
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Series Classics and contemporary thought ; 6
Classics and contemporary thought ; 6.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-449) and indexes.
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.
Summary This text examines why and how the Roman empire lasted so long. In studying the bureaucracy behind it, the author argues that the longevity of the empire rested not on military power but on a gradually realized consensus that Roman rule was justified.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Influence.
Allegiance -- Rome.
Roman provinces -- Administration.
Roman provinces -- Administration.
Rome -- Cultural policy -- Influence.
Rome (Empire)
Cultural policy.
Political stability -- Rome.
HISTORY -- Ancient.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Allegiance.
Cultural policy -- Influence.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political stability.
Chronological Term 30 B.C.-476 A.D
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Imperial ideology and provincial loyalty in the Roman Empire Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000. 0520220676 (alk. paper) (DLC) 99041499
ISBN 9780520923720 ebook
0520923723
0520220676 alkaline paper
0585394598 (electronic book)
9780585394596 (electronic book)
9780520220676
1597346721
9781597346726

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