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Author Ando, Clifford, 1969-

Title Imperial ideology and provincial loyalty in the Roman Empire / Clifford Ando
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 494 p.)
Series Classics and contemporary thought ; 6
Classics and contemporary thought ; 6.
Contents Introduction: Communis Patria -- PART 1. ANCIENT AND MODERN CONTEXTS -- Ideology in the Roman Empire -- The Roman Achievement in Ancient Thought -- PART 2. CONSENSUS AND COMMUNICATION -- The Communicative Actions of the Roman Government -- Consensus in Theory and Practice -- The Creation of Consensus -- Images of Emperor and Empire -- PART 3. FROM IMPERIUM TO PATRIA -- Orbis Terrarum and Orbis Romanus -- The King Is a Body Politick ... for that a Body Politique Never Dieth -- Conclusion: Singulare et Unicum Imperium
Summary This text examines why and how the Roman empire lasted so long. In studying the bureaucracy behind it, the author argues that the longevity of the empire rested not on military power but on a gradually realized consensus that Roman rule was justified
Analysis administration
allegiance
ancient rome
ancient world
augustus
body politic
bourdieu
bureaucracy
central government
christian ideology
empire
fall of the empire
government
habermas
history
imperial identity
max weber
nonfiction
political consensus
political stability
politics
power struggle
power
provinces
provincial loyalty
revolt
roman emperors
roman empire
roman government
roman history
roman military
roman senate
rome
social formation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-449) and indexes
Notes English
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Allegiance -- Rome
Roman provinces -- Administration.
Political stability -- Rome
HISTORY -- Ancient.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Allegiance
Cultural policy -- Influence
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political stability
Roman provinces -- Administration
Provinz
Loyalität
Politische Kommunikation
Provinzialverwaltung
Centralisme.
Provincies.
SUBJECT Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Influence
Rome -- Cultural policy -- Influence
Subject Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Romeinse rijk.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021697078
ISBN 9780520923720
0520923723
0585394598
9780585394596