A Companion to the Roman EmpireDavid S. Potter A Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies, taking account of the most recent discoveries.
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Contents
Constructing a Narrative | 23 |
Contents | 35 |
Documents | 45 |
Art Architecture and Archaeology in the Roman Empire | 75 |
Interdisciplinary Approaches | 98 |
44 BCE96 СЕ | 115 |
The Administration of the Provinces | 177 |
The Roman Army | 206 |
Spectacle | 385 |
The Construction of the Past in the Roman Empire | 411 |
Imperial Poetry | 439 |
Greek Fiction | 453 |
Roman Law and Roman History | 477 |
Roman Medicine | 492 |
Philosophy in the Roman Empire | 524 |
Traditional Cult | 543 |
Greek Cities Under Roman Rule | 228 |
The Imperial Economy | 283 |
Landlords and Tenants | 298 |
The Family | 312 |
Sexuality in the Roman Empire | 327 |
On Food and the Body | 354 |
Leisure | 369 |
Jews and Judaism 70429 СЕ | 565 |
Christians in the Roman Empire in the First Three | 587 |
Christian Thought | 607 |
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