{"product_id":"the-roman-empire-in-context-isbn-9780470655573","title":"The Roman Empire in Context","description":"Through a series of original essays by leading international scholars, \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire’s role and achievement and, more broadly, establishes Rome’s significance within comparative studies.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFills a gap in comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire’s role and achievement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures contributions from more than a dozen distinguished scholars from around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the relevance of important comparativist themes of state, empire, and civilization to ancient Rome\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Notes 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 \"Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students\/faculty.\" (Choice, 1 November 2011)  \u003cb\u003eJohann P. Arnason\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and Visiting Professor at the Charles University in Prague. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eCivilizations in Dispute: Historical Questions and Theoretical Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e (2003); \u003ci\u003eAxial Civilizations and World History\u003c\/i\u003e (co-ed., 2005); \u003ci\u003eEurasian Transformations, 10th to 13th Centuries: Crystallizations, Divergences, Renaissances\u003c\/i\u003e (co-ed., 2005), and \u003ci\u003eDomains and Divisions of European History\u003c\/i\u003e (co-ed., 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/b\u003e is David Herlihy University Professor and Professor of Classics and History Emeritus at Brown University, where he was also Director of the Program in Ancient Studies. Recent publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (2004, winner of the American Historical Association’s James Henry Breasted Prize), \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace in the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e (ed., 2007); \u003ci\u003eOrigins of Democracy in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (co-author, 2007); \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Archaic Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (co-ed., 2009); and \u003ci\u003eEpic and History\u003c\/i\u003e (co-ed., 2010).  While historians, sociologists, and political scientists have long recognized the importance of the Roman Empire, surprisingly little serious comparative analysis is currently available on this fascinating period in world history. \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e addresses this neglected area of study and establishes Rome’s significance within comparative studies. Various lines of inquiry and interpretation are explored through a series of thought-provoking essays by distinguished scholars from around the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Essays in the first section trace the origins, development, and expansion of Roman society and empire from their beginnings through the transition from Republic to Empire to the empire’s greatest expansion. Other sections address the empire's transformation in Late Antiquity, not least under the impact of Christianization; the legacy of the Roman Empire in East and West; and comparative perspectives on other ancient empires such as China and Assyria. Final essays offer broad conceptual and theoretical reflections about the Roman phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With an approach that is both contextual and comparative, \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e provides a wealth of insight into the Roman experience and enhances our understanding of Rome’s ongoing relevance to the modern world.  “A challengingly unfamiliar examination of the Roman Empire in context – forwards, backwards, sideways and through the looking glass – by an intriguing assemblage of scholars. A remarkable and thought-provoking collection.”  \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Roman Empire in Context\u003c\/i\u003e is a stimulating collection of essays of comparative history, ranging widely over time and space and informed conceptually by an engagement with theoretical literature on government and Empire.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a wide ranging volume that achieves a genuinely comparative perspective. The editors have been uniquely successful in bringing together papers that complement each other across time and space. This is a book that should interest anyone with a serious interest in how we might learn from the experience of those who have gone before us.” \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990332555493,"sku":"NP9780470655573","price":191.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470655573.jpg?v=1761787392","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-roman-empire-in-context-isbn-9780470655573","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}