The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395

The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395
Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 788
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780415100588

At the outset of the period covered by this book, Rome was the greatest power in the world. By its end, it had fallen conclusively from this dominant position. David Potter's comprehensive survey of two critical and eventful centuries traces the course of imperial decline.

The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395

The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395
Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 804
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780415100571

At the outset of the period covered by this book, Rome was the greatest power in the world. By its end, it had fallen conclusively from this dominant position. David Potter's comprehensive survey of two critical and eventful centuries traces the course of imperial decline.

The Roman World 44 BC–AD 180

The Roman World 44 BC–AD 180
Author: Martin Goodman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2002-04-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134943857

Goodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious.

Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire

Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire
Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1999
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780472085682

"Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire gives those who have a general interest in Roman antiquity a starting point informed by the latest developments in scholarship for understanding the extraordinary range of Roman society. Family structure, gender identity, food supply, religion, and entertainment are all crucial to an understanding of the Roman world. As views of Roman history have broadened in recent decades to encompass a wider range of topics, the need has grown for a single volume that can offer a starting point for all these diverse subjects, for readers of all backgrounds."--Page 4 of cover.

The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395

The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395
Author: David S. Potter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 986
Release: 2014-01-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134694849

The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religion—Christianity. The book integrates social and intellectual history into the narrative, looking to explore the relationship between contingent events and deeper structure. It also covers an amazingly dramatic narrative from the civil wars after the death of Commodus through the conversion of Constantine to the arrival of the Goths in the Roman Empire, setting in motion the final collapse of the western empire. The new edition takes account of important new scholarship in questions of Roman identity, on economy and society as well as work on the age of Constantine, which has advanced significantly in the last decade, while recent archaeological and art historical work is more fully drawn into the narrative. At its core, the central question that drives The Roman Empire at Bay remains, what did it mean to be a Roman and how did that meaning change as the empire changed? Updated for a new generation of students, this book remains a crucial tool in the study of this period.

A Companion to the Roman Empire

A Companion to the Roman Empire
Author: David S. Potter
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1405178264

A Companion to the Roman Empire provides readers with aguide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Romanstudies, taking account of the most recent discoveries. This Companion brings together thirty original essays guidingreaders through Roman imperial history and the field of Romanstudies Shows that Roman imperial history is a compelling and vibrantsubject Includes significant new contributions to various areas of Romanimperial history Covers the social, intellectual, economic and cultural historyof the Roman Empire Contains an extensive bibliography

Literary Texts and the Roman Historian

Literary Texts and the Roman Historian
Author: David Potter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2005-07-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134962320

Literary Texts and the Roman Historian looks at literary texts from the Roman Empire which depict actual events. It examines the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read. Beside covering the major Roman historical authors such as Livy and Tacitus, he also considers the contributions of authors in other genres like: * Cicero * Lucian * Aulus Gellius. Literary Texts and the Roman Historian provides an accessible and concise introduction to the complexities of Roman historiography.

The Roman Revolution of Constantine

The Roman Revolution of Constantine
Author: Raymond Van Dam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-04-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521133012

The reign of the emperor Constantine (306-337) was as revolutionary for the transformation of Rome's Mediterranean empire as that of Augustus, the first emperor three centuries earlier. The abandonment of Rome signaled the increasing importance of frontier zones in northern and central Europe and the Middle East. The foundation of Constantinople as a new imperial residence and the rise of Greek as the language of administration previewed the establishment of a separate eastern Roman empire.

Rome and the Mediterranean 290 to 146 BC

Rome and the Mediterranean 290 to 146 BC
Author: Nathan Rosenstein
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2012-03-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0748650814

Nathan Rosenstein charts Rome's incredible journey and command of the Mediterranean over the course of the third and second centuries BC.

Constantine the Emperor

Constantine the Emperor
Author: David Stone Potter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0190231629

An authoritative and vibrant new account of the extraordinary life of Constantine.