A companion to Roman imperialism
"A Companion to Roman Imperialism, written by a distinguished body of scholars, explores Rome's rise to empire, and its vast historical impact on her subject peoples and, equally momentous, on the Romans themselves, an impact still felt today"--Provided by publisher
History of warfare, v. 81
History
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Abbreviations...viiNotes on Contributors... xiiiIntroduction...1List of Cities...20Part One: The Imperialism of the Roman Republic The Genesis of Roman Imperialism Martin Stone...23Definitions of Roman Imperialism Peter M.Edwell ...39Sicily and Sardinia-Corsica: The First Provinces Jonathan Prag...53The Spains, 205–72 BC José Luis López Castro...67Hegemony and Annexation beyond the Adriatic, 230–146 BC Arthur Eckstein...79Enter the Muse: Literary Responses to Roman Imperialism (240–100 BC) Paul Burton ...99Rivals for Empire: Carthage, Macedon, the Seleucids James Thorne...113Choosing Friends, Foes and Fiefdoms in the Second Century BC Tom Hillard and Lea Beness...127Rei militaris virtus ...orbem terrarum parere huic imperio coegit: The Transformation of Roman Imperium, 146–50 BC Lea Beness and Tom Hillard... 141Imperialism and the Fall of the Republic: Post hoc ergo propter hoc? John Serrati ... 155Imperialism and Its Failures, 60 BC–AD 14 Brian Campbell... 169Reverberations of Empire: Cicero, Caesar and the Post-Sullan Empire Tom Stevenson... 181Part Two: The Imperialism of the CaesarsAugustan Imperialism Richard Alston... 197Barbarian Friends and Foes: Hegemony beyond Rhine and Danube, ad 14–98 Susan Mattern... 213Pearls, Gold, Slaves? The Slow Annexation of Britain Steven Rutledge... 225Eastern Hegemonies and Setbacks, AD 14–96 Benjamin Isaac... 237Trajan: Imperialism Victorious and Frustrated Peter Edwell... 251Part Three: The Provinces and RomeExploitation and Assimilation: The Western Roman Empire from Augustus to Trajan Richard Hingley ... 265Co-opting the Conqueror: The East from Augustus to Trajan Maurice Sartre ... 277Speeches of Enemies and Criticism of Empire in Early Imperial Historiography Eric Adler... 291The Provincialisation of Rome Jesper Majbom Madsen... 305The Limits of Power David Potter... 319Roman Imperialism: Critics and Aspirants Sophie Mills... 333Bibliography... 347Index... 373