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Slaves to Rome
Paradigms of Empire in Roman Culture

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  • Author: Myles Lavan, University of St Andrews, Scotland
  • Date Published: September 2016
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781107674448

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  • This study in the language of Roman imperialism provides a provocative new perspective on the Roman imperial project. It highlights the prominence of the language of mastery and slavery in Roman descriptions of the conquest and subjection of the provinces. More broadly, it explores how Roman writers turn to paradigmatic modes of dependency familiar from everyday life - not just slavery but also clientage and childhood - in order to describe their authority over, and responsibilities to, the subject population of the provinces. It traces the relative importance of these different models for the imperial project across almost three centuries of Latin literature, from the middle of the first century BCE to the beginning of the third century CE.

    • Surveys the most important metaphors for empire in Latin literature
    • Combines broad discursive analysis with close readings of individual texts
    • Translates all Latin and Greek passages included through the chapters
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    • Date Published: September 2016
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781107674448
    • length: 304 pages
    • dimensions: 228 x 152 x 17 mm
    • weight: 0.44kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction
    1. Romans and allies
    2. Masters of the world
    3. Empire and slavery in Tacitus
    4. Benefactors
    5. Patrons and protectors
    6. Addressing the allies
    Afterword.

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    Myles Lavan, University of St Andrews, Scotland
    Myles Lavan is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of St Andrews.

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