Roman imperialism /
Burton, Paul J., 1969-
Roman imperialism / by Paul J. Burton. - 1 online resource - Ancient History . - Brill research perspectives. Ancient history. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Intro; Contents; Roman Imperialism; Abstract; Keywords; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Ancient Literary Sources for Roman Imperialism; 1.2 The Present Work; 2 Imperialism; 2.1 Modern Theories of Imperialism; 2.2 A Provisional Definition; 3 Roman Imperialism; 3.1 The View from Antiquity; 3.2 Rome the Aggressor? Causes and Motivations; 3.2.1 The Harris Thesis; 3.2.2 Substantial Responses to Harris; 3.3 The Theoretical Turn: Systems and Forces; 4 The Diversification of the Field; 4.1 Soft Power; 4.2 Frontier Studies; 4.3 Race, Ethnicity, and Romanization; 4.4 The End of Roman Imperialism
Rome engaged in military and diplomatic expansionistic state behavior, which we now describe as?imperialism,? since well before the appearance of ancient sources describing this activity. Over the course of at least 800 years, the Romans established and maintained a Mediterranean-wide empire from Spain to Syria (and sometimes farther east) and from the North Sea to North Africa. How and why they did this is a perennial source of scholarly controversy. Earlier debates over whether Rome was an aggressive or defensive imperial state have progressed to theoretically-informed discussions of the extent to which system-level or discursive pressures shaped the Roman Empire. Roman imperialism studies now encompass such ancillary subfields as Roman frontier studies and Romanization.
9789004404731 9004404732
Imperialism.
HISTORY--Ancient--General.
HISTORY--Ancient--Rome.
Imperialism.
Rome--History.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DG209 / .B87 2019
937
Roman imperialism / by Paul J. Burton. - 1 online resource - Ancient History . - Brill research perspectives. Ancient history. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Intro; Contents; Roman Imperialism; Abstract; Keywords; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Ancient Literary Sources for Roman Imperialism; 1.2 The Present Work; 2 Imperialism; 2.1 Modern Theories of Imperialism; 2.2 A Provisional Definition; 3 Roman Imperialism; 3.1 The View from Antiquity; 3.2 Rome the Aggressor? Causes and Motivations; 3.2.1 The Harris Thesis; 3.2.2 Substantial Responses to Harris; 3.3 The Theoretical Turn: Systems and Forces; 4 The Diversification of the Field; 4.1 Soft Power; 4.2 Frontier Studies; 4.3 Race, Ethnicity, and Romanization; 4.4 The End of Roman Imperialism
Rome engaged in military and diplomatic expansionistic state behavior, which we now describe as?imperialism,? since well before the appearance of ancient sources describing this activity. Over the course of at least 800 years, the Romans established and maintained a Mediterranean-wide empire from Spain to Syria (and sometimes farther east) and from the North Sea to North Africa. How and why they did this is a perennial source of scholarly controversy. Earlier debates over whether Rome was an aggressive or defensive imperial state have progressed to theoretically-informed discussions of the extent to which system-level or discursive pressures shaped the Roman Empire. Roman imperialism studies now encompass such ancillary subfields as Roman frontier studies and Romanization.
9789004404731 9004404732
Imperialism.
HISTORY--Ancient--General.
HISTORY--Ancient--Rome.
Imperialism.
Rome--History.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DG209 / .B87 2019
937