Pax Romana : war, peace and conquest in the Roman world / Adrian Goldsworthy.
A groundbreaking and comprehensive history of the Roman Peace from one of the leading historians of the ancient world.
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Maps; Preface
- Living in Peace; Introduction
- A Glory Greater than War; THE PAX ROMANA; PART ONE
- REPUBLIC; I: The Rise of Rome; ORIGINS; THE REPUBLIC; OVERSEAS; II: War; MASSACRE; RICHES AND REPUTATION
- THE DRIVE TO EMPIRE; FAITH AND RUTHLESSNESS; III: Friends and Rivals; AMICI
- THE FRIENDS OF THE ROMANS; 'ALL GAUL IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS'
- CAESAR'S INTERVENTION; ALLIES AND ENEMIES; RESISTING ROME; IV: Traders and Settlers; CIVIS ROMANUS SUM
- ROMANS ABROAD; MARKETS AND EXCHANGE; ROMAN AND NATIVE.
- V: 'How much did you make?'
- GovernmentPROCONSULS; CILICIA; MAKING MONEY; VI: Provincials and Kings; 'AT LEAST THEY THINK THEY HAVE SELF -GOVERNMENT'; DEALING WITH ROME; PEACE AND ITS PRICE; PART TWO
- PRINCIPATE; VII: Emperors; POWER WITHOUT LIMIT; PEACE AND WAR; LIMITS; VIII: Rebellion; 'MUST EVERYONE ACCEPT SERVITUDE?'; THE QUEEN; TAXES AND ILL -TREATMENT; WINNING AND LOSING A PROVINCE; A STRONGER SENSE OF IDENTITY?; IX: Resistance, Rioting and Robbery; 'PEACEFUL AND QUIET'; KINGS AND BAD NEIGHBOURS; MURDER, PLUNDER AND POLITICS; X: Imperial Governors; 'FIRMNESS AND DILIGENCE'
- BITHYNIA AND PONTUS
- WASTE, CORRUPTION AND RIVALRIESEVIL MEN; XI: Life under Roman Rule; 'CIVILIZATION' AND 'ENSLAVEMENT'; SHEEP AND SHEPHERDS, ROMANS AND NATIVES; INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS; XII: The Army and the Frontiers; 'A GREAT CIRCLE OF CAMPS'; THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL; ATTACK AND DEFENCE; XIII: Garrisons and Raids; 'CLANDESTINE CROSSINGS'; GARRISONS, FORTS AND WALLS; THE ANATOMY OF A RAID; FEAR, REPUTATION AND DOMINANCE; XIV: Beyond the Pax Romana; OUTSIDE; TRADE AND TREATIES; CIVIL WAR AND PEACE; Conclusion
- Peace and War; Chronology; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.