A highly accessible survey of life in the capital of the Roman Empire, the largest metropolis of its day.
Cambridge Companion al Mundo Antiguo Serie
Esta serie se adentra en el mundo antiguo, explorando períodos y eventos cruciales en la historia y civilización de Grecia y Roma. Cada volumen presenta ensayos comisionados recientemente que analizan cambios sociales significativos en política, economía, artes y guerra. Ofreciendo una síntesis de la erudición existente, estos libros también plantean nuevas preguntas y sugieren nuevas vías de investigación. Sirven como recursos invaluables tanto para estudiantes como para académicos que buscan una comprensión más profunda.
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A sophisticated introduction to and assessment of all aspects of the Roman Empire's economic life.
This Companion volume features fifteen essays exploring various aspects of the Hellenistic world, from religion and philosophy to economy and military campaigns. It examines the impact of Alexander's conquests, the uniqueness of the Hellenistic age, and offers a comprehensive understanding of this complex period. A bibliography and further reading recommendations are included.
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law
- 554 páginas
- 20 horas de lectura
This book reflects the wide range of current scholarship on Roman law. The essays, newly-commissioned for this volume, cover the sources of evidence for classical Roman law; the elements of private law, as well as criminal and public law; and the second life of Roman law in Byzantium, in civil and canon law, and in political discourse from AD 1100 to the present. Roman law nowadays is studied in many different ways, which is reflected in the diversity of approaches in the essays. Some focus on how the law evolved in ancient Rome, others on its place in the daily life of the Roman citizen, still others on how Roman legal concepts and doctrines have been deployed through the ages. All of them are responses to one and the same thing: the sheer intellectual vitality of Roman law, which has secured its place as a central element in the intellectual tradition and history of the West.