Specialist authors consider the growth and workings of the Roman Empire from the end of the first war with Carthage to the accession of Septimus Severus through such aspects as Roman governors, cities, non-urban areas and client kings.
is Professor of Ancient History, University of Exeter. His particular specialism lies in the Black Sea region, especially Russia, Ukraine and Georgia, and he speaks Russian and Georgian fluently.His books include The Administration of the Roman Empire (Exeter, 1988); Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Transcaucasian Georgia, 550 BC-AD 562 (Oxford, 1994); Ruling Roman Britain: Kings, Queens, Governors and Emperors from Caesar to Agricola (Routledge, 1996).
Preface
List of Figures
Introduction: the Growth of the Roman Empire (241BC-AD193)
David C. Braund
1. Cities
Joyce Reynolds
2. Administration, Urbanisation and Acculturation in the Roman West
W.S. Hanson
3. Client Kings
David C. Braund
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
“. . . should appeal to anybody interested in how Rome managed to administer so extensive and diverse an empire.”
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