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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2016
      July 2016
      ISBN:
      9781316591420
      9781107152717
      9781316606667
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316591420
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.73kg, 370 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 380 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, History, Regional History Before 1500
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    Ancient History, Classical Studies, History, Regional History Before 1500
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    Book description

    The Roman Empire was one of the largest and most enduring in world history. In his new book, distinguished historian W. V. Harris sets out to explain, within an eclectic theoretical framework, the waxing and eventual waning of Roman imperial power, together with the Roman community's internal power structures (political power, social power, gender power and economic power). Effectively integrating analysis with a compelling narrative, he traces this linkage between the external and the internal through three very long periods, and part of the originality of the book is that it almost uniquely considers both the gradual rise of the Roman Empire and its demise as an empire in the fifth and seventh centuries AD. Professor Harris contends that comparing the Romans of these diverse periods sharply illuminates both the growth and the shrinkage of Roman power as well as the Empire's extraordinary durability.

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    '… a thought provoking work, and an essential one for anyone seriously interested in the rise, greatness, and fall of the Romans.'

    Source: New York Military Affairs Symposium Review

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    • Chapter 1 - The long-term evolution of Roman power
      pp 1-14
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