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Chargement... The Triumph of Empire: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine (2016)par Michael Kulikowski
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Let the reader beware that this book is a political history. This is not a criticism, just a caveat since the subtitle promises to look at the whole Roman world. It is no introduction to the culture, society, economy, etc of the Roman imperial world. Nevertheless, this is a very enjoyable and very readable book, especially for those of us who have closely studied the Late Republic and Early Empire (so rich in sources), favourites for university lecturers. Kulikowski writes with verve and authority to skilfully chart a trajectory of the top levels of the Roman world and their story and progress down to the death of Constantius II. He even makes sense of the third century chaos of the Soldier Emperors. One constant theme he develops is the steady fading of senatorial gentlemen from the government of the empire and their replacement by a professional equestrian bureaucracy. Along with this is the increasing divergence of civilian and military careers. A third theme is the extension of Roman law to all citizens and consolidation of the empire from an ad hoc patchwork of self-governing communities into a universal administration presided over by the emperor and his professional and far-reaching government. ( ) While I read a good review elsewhere, I can't really recommend this book. There is too much academic-speak used to impress but really to obscure. Also, the accounts whip around like a pinball hitting flippers, with some stories interrupted by side accounts of period coins and other irrelevancies. I had trouble getting through the book, which is so specialized that unless you know what the author is writing about, it doesn't make sense. A slog to get through. Recommended for college libraries and specialists in Roman history. The editors should have passe this text through the fog index for readability.
The Triumph of Empire: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine by Michael Kulikowski is the first part of a two-volume series intended to survey Late Antiquity from a political and institutional perspective. In this first volume, Kulikowski covers the evolution of the Roman Empire from the Antonines through the Severans and the crisis of the third century to a new order under the governance of Constantine's family. Kulikowski's goal is to tell the story of this period not just through the filter of the imperial family and its personalities, but in a way that gives as broad a view as possible of the nature and growth of the administrative state (pp. 6-7). Appartient à la sérieAppartient à la série éditorialePrix et récompenses
The Triumph of Empire takes readers into the political heart of imperial Rome and recounts the extraordinary challenges overcome by a flourishing empire. Michael Kulikowski's history begins with the reign of Hadrian, who visited the farthest reaches of his domain and created stable frontiers, to the decades after Constantine the Great, who overhauled the government, introduced a new state religion, and founded a second Rome. Factionalism and intrigue sapped the empire from within, even at its apex. Roman politics could resemble a blood sport: rivals resorted to assassination; emperors rose and fell with bewildering speed, their reigns measured in weeks, not years; and imperial succession was never entirely assured. Canny emperors--including Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, and Diocletian--constantly cultivated the aristocracy's favor to maintain a grip on power. Despite such volatility, the Roman Empire protected its borders, defeating successive attacks from Goths and Germans, Persians and Parthians. Yet external threats persisted and the imperial government sagged under its own administrative weight. Religion, too, was in flux with the rise of Christianity and other forms of monotheism. In the fourth century CE, Constantine and his heirs reformed imperial institutions by separating civilian and military hierarchies, restructuring the government of both provinces and cities, and ensuring the prominence of Christianity. The Triumph of Empire is a fresh, authoritative narrative of Rome at its height and of its evolution--from being the central power of the Mediterranean world to becoming one of several great Eurasian civilizations.-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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