Ruling the later Roman Empire / Christopher Kelly.
Ruling the later Roman Empire / Christopher Kelly.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N937.09/14
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Prologue : first thoughts -- Pt. I. The bureaucrat's tale -- Introduction : John Lydus : a man and his book -- 1. All the prefect's men -- 2. The competition for spoils -- Pt. II. Rulers and ruled -- Introduction : passages from the principate to late antiquity -- 3. Standing in line -- 4. Purchasin...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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"The book opens with a view of its times through the eyes of a high-ranking official in sixth-century Constantinople, John Lydus. His On the Magistracies of the Roman State, the only memoir of its kind to come down to us, gives an impassioned and revealing account of his career and the system in which he worked. Kelly draws a wealth of insight from...
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Ruling the later Roman Empire / Christopher Kelly.
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Revealing antiquity ; 15.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N937.09/14
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74VKdpzW4DE3
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ISBN
0674015649
9780674015647 (alk. paper)
0674015649 (alk. paper)
9780674015647
DDC
937.09
MMS ID
991019835009702626
