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Author Grünewald, Thomas

Title Bandits in the Roman Empire : myth and reality / Thomas Grünewald ; translated by John Drinkwater
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 230 pages)
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Translator's foreword; Author's preface to the original German edition; Bibliography; Introduction; Real bandits; Guerrilla leaders as latrones; Leaders of slave revolts as latrones; Politicians and pretenders as latrones; Leistai in Judaea; Imperial challengers: Bulla Felix and Maternus; Avengers in dynastic conflicts; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Summary The book aims to show how the concept of the bandit was taken up and manipulated during the Late Roman Republic and early Empire (2nd c. BC - 3rd c. AD.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-221) and index
Notes English
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Subject Brigands and robbers -- Rome -- History
Political violence -- Rome -- History
Insurgency -- Rome -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Brigands and robbers
Insurgency
Political violence
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203390547
9780203390542
9786610026173
6610026173
9780415327442
041532744X
0203683560
9780203683569
1134337582
9781134337583
1280026170
9781280026171
9781134337576
1134337574
Other Titles Räuber, Rebellen, Rivalen, Rächer. English