A study of communities organized on the Greek model and using the Greek language, across a vast range of time through the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Describes relations with central government, the development of internal political life, and the services rendered to citizens.

The Greek City from Alexander to Justinian

History

Jones, A.H.M.

Ancient Civilizations

Sandpiper Books

Constitutional changes, administrative revisions, factional rivalry, and war are all themes that Professor Jones develops within the main narrative. He treats separately such topics as finance, religion, social policy, literature and the arts, and the sources of this crucial period in the history of Rome. Professor Jones discusses the career of Augustus in the context of the turbulent times of the breakdown of the Roman Republic into civil war. He shows how dependent Augustus' rise to power was upon his adoption by Julius Caesar, and traces the ruthless and unscrupulous way in which Augustus exploited his unique position as "Caesar's heir." But he demonstrates that Augustus's continuing success was all his own: the adopted son succeeded in solving the political crisis which, because he had failed to do so, had cost the father his life. For Augustus was a consummate politician, and it was his great achievement to establish a form of government which proved more or less stable for over two centuries.

Augustus (Ancient Culture and Society)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

W.W.Norton&Company

Constitutional changes, administrative revisions, factional rivalry, and war are all themes that Professor Jones develops within the main narrative. He treats separately such topics as finance, religion, social policy, literature and the arts, and the sources of this crucial period in the history of Rome. Professor Jones discusses the career of Augustus in the context of the turbulent times of the breakdown of the Roman Republic into civil war. He shows how dependent Augustus' rise to power was upon his adoption by Julius Caesar, and traces the ruthless and unscrupulous way in which Augustus exploited his unique position as "Caesar's heir." But he demonstrates that Augustus's continuing success was all his own: the adopted son succeeded in solving the political crisis which, because he had failed to do so, had cost the father his life. For Augustus was a consummate politician, and it was his great achievement to establish a form of government which proved more or less stable for over two centuries.

Augustus (Ancient culture and society)

Norton

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire provides a complete secular biographical dictionary of the period AD 527 (the beginning of the reign of Justinian) to 641 (the death of Heraclius). The information has been gathered from a wide variety of sources in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Syriac and other languages. The project makes available for the first time in one work mass of information relating to the personnel of the Roman Empire and the western kingdoms that were its heirs, and of other nations with which Rome had dealings.

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260–395

Morris, J.

Martindale, J. R.

Cambridge University Press

This celebrated account of the decline of the ancient world describes the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the emergence of the new medieval European order.

The Decline of the Ancient World (GHE)

Pearson Professional Education

This celebrated account of the decline of the ancient world describes the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the emergence of the new medieval European order.

The Decline of the Ancient World (General History of Europe)

Routledge

Athenian Democracy

Basil Blackwell

Later Roman Empire, 284-602: v. 3: A Social, Economic and Administrative Survey (Later Roman Empire, 284-602: A Social, Economic and Administrative Survey)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Blackwell*publishers

The Later Roman Empire, 284-602

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