Rome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE-20 CE
- New York Cambridge University Press 2018
- 274p
includes index and biblioraphy
From world power to world State: An Introduction ..........1 The New World Power : The empire and imperial Affairs .......10 The city of Rome : Scene of Politics and Growing metropolis ......25 The struggle for Reform ......48 The spiral of Violence ......68 Italy and the reinvention of Rome .......90 Rome between republic and empire : The stuck elephant .........108 Rival leaders and the search for power bases ......124 The course of Empire: Provincial government and Society ....144 World city: Society and culture in rome .....160 War of the world .........177 Principate: Government for the world state .............199 The new age: Refashioning culture and society ..........219 The world State tested ............242