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Roman Empire Economy, Society and Culture

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ISBN-10: 0520285980

ISBN-13: 9780520285989

Edition: 2nd 2015

Authors: Peter Garnsey, Richard Saller, Jas Elsner, Martin Goodman, Richard Gordon

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During the Principate (roughly 27 BCE to 235 CE), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth or endanger survival? What forces of cohesion operated to balance the social and economic inequalities and high mortality rates? How did the official religion react in the face of the diffusion of alien cults and the emergence of Christianity?These are some of the many questions posed here, in the new, expanded edition of Garnsey and Saller's pathbreaking account of the economy, society, and culture of the Roman Empire. This…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/14/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Jas Elsner is Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellow in Classical Art at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, and visiting professor of art history at the University of Chicago.�Elsner's most recent solo-authored book is Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text.

Martin Goodman is the author of "In Search of the Divine Mother" & "On Bended Knees", which was short listed for the Whitbread First Novel Award, as well as numerous stories, magazine articles, & plays. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, & the French Pyrenees.

Richard Gordon is recognized as one of the pioneers in the field of energy healing. Today, as the founder of Quantum-Touch, Richard is an internationally acclaimed speaker at conferences, medical centers, chiropractic colleges, and holistic health institutes. Mr. Gordon has been on faculty at Heartwood Institute and The Holistic Health Institute.