| Description |
1 online resource (341 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Revealing antiquity ; 15
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Revealing antiquity ; 15.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and index. |
| Contents |
The bureaucrat's tale. Introduction: John Lydus: a man and his book. All the prefect's men ; The competition for spoils -- Rulers and the ruled. Introduction: Passages from the principate to late antiquity. Standing in line ; Purchasing power ; Autocracy and bureaucracy -- Epilogue: Last judgments. |
| Summary |
"The book opens with a view of its times through the eyes of a high-ranking official in sixth-century Constantinople, John Lydus. His On the Magistracies of the Roman State, the only memoir of its kind to come down to us, gives an impassioned and revealing account of his career and the system in which he worked. Kelly draws a wealth of insight from this singular memoir and goes on to trace the operation of power and influence, exposing how these might be successfully deployed or skillfully diverted by those wishing either to avoid government regulation or to subvert it for their own ends. Ruling the Later Roman Empire presents a fascinating procession of officials, emperors, and local power brokers, winners and losers, mapping their experiences, their conflicting loyalties, their successes, and their failures."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rome -- Politics and government -- 284-476.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
284-476 |
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Byzantine Empire -- Politics and government -- To 527.
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Byzantine Empire. |
| Chronological Term |
To 527 |
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Rome -- Officials and employees.
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Byzantine Empire -- Officials and employees.
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Rome.
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Byzantine Empire.
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Elite (Social sciences) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kelly, Christopher, 1964- Ruling the later Roman Empire. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004 0674015649 9780674015647 (DLC) 2004047664 (OCoLC)55624543 |
| ISBN |
9780674039452 (electronic book) |
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0674039459 (electronic book) |
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0674015649 |
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9780674015647 |
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9780674022447 |
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