Author: Arthur Edward Romilly BoakPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Manpower Shortage and the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West
Author: Arthur Edward Romilly BoakPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Manpower Shortage and the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West
Author: Arthur BoakPublisher:
ISBN: 9780472750337
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Manpower Shortage and the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West, Arthur E. R. Boak, applying to population trends in antiquity the methods worked out by modern demographers, shows that there was a real and general decline in both rural and town population of the Roman Empire in the West from the middle of the second century on; that the Late Empire was from its beginnings faced with a marked deficiency in human resources; and that this manpower shortage was the cause--not, as has been held, the consequence--of much that has been considered authoritarian in the administration of Late Rome. This analysis throws new light on the economic and social legislation of Diocletian, Constantine I, and their successors. As the first detailed picture of the population policies of the Western Empire, and their effects on its government service, the study concerns economists and sociologists as well as historians and classicists.
Manpower Shortage and the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West. (The Jerome Lectures. Third Series.).
Author: Arthur Edward Romilly BOAKPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Roman Realities
Author: Finley HooperPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814315941
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Based on the major primary sources of Roman history, this book recalls the experiences of the ancient Romans through a thousand years of their history.
Ancient Greece and Rome
Author: Keith HopwoodPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719024016
Category : Civilization, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Sir Thomas Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, was creator and commander of Parliament's New Model Army from 1645 to1650. Although Fairfax emerged as England's most successful commander of the 1640s, this book challenges the orthodoxy that he was purely a military figure, showing how he was not apolitical or disinterested in politics. The book combines narrative and thematic approaches to explore the wider issues of popular allegiance, puritan religion, concepts of honour, image, reputation, memory, gender, literature, and Fairfax's relationship with Cromwell. 'Black Tom' delivers a groundbreaking examination of the transformative experience of the English revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leading, yet most neglected, participants. It is the first modern academic study of Fairfax, making it essential reading for university students as well as historians of the seventeenth century. Its accessible style will appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the civil wars and interregnum more generally.
The Western Frontiers of Imperial Rome
Author: Steven K. DrummondPublisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9781563241505
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Discusses Rome's challenges in governing over different cultures, organizing an army made of non-Romans, inculcating Roman values and religion, feeding the army, trading, urbanizing, and industrializing. To make this work accessible to readers who lack an extensive background in Roman history, all Latin expressions are defined in the course of the discussion, a glossary is included, and modern as well as contemporary Latin names of places are used. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Past Prologue
Author: A.H.M. Jones and the Later Roman Empire
Author: David GwynnPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047432312
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The appearance in 1964 of A.H.M. Jones’ The Later Roman Empire 284–602: A Social, Economic, and Administrative Survey transformed the study of the Late Antique world. In this volume a number of leading scholars reassess the impact of Jones’ great work, the influences that shaped his scholarship, and the legacy he left for later generations. Jones’ historical method, his fundamental knowledge of Late Roman political, social, economic and religious structures, and his famous assessment of the Decline and Fall of Rome are re-examined here in the light of modern research. This volume offers a valuable aid to academics and students alike who seek to better understand and exploit the priceless resource that is the Later Roman Empire. Contributors are Averil Cameron, Peter Garnsey, David Gwynn, Peter Heather, Caroline Humfress, Luke Lavan, Wolfgang Liebeschuetz, Stefan Rebenich, Alexander Sarantis, Roger Tomlin, Bryan Ward-Perkins, and Michael Whitby.
The Economic Decline of Empires
Author: Carlo M. CipollaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135032424
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The question of why empires decline and fall has attracted the attention of historians for centuries, but remains fundamentally unsolved. This unique collection is concerned with the purely economic aspects of decline. It can be observed of empires in the process of decline that their economies are generally faltering. Here the similarities in different cases of economic decline are identified, bearing in mind that individual histories are characterized by important elements of originality. In his introduction, Professor Cipolla points out that improvements in standards of living brought about by a rising economy lead to more and more people demanding to share the benefits. Incomes increase and extravagances develop, as new needs begin to replace those which have been satisfied. Prosperity spreads to neighbouring countries, which may become a threat and force the empire into greater military expenditure. For these and other reasons, public consumption in mature empires has a tendency to rise sharply and outstrip productivity and, in general, empires seem to resist change. The ten articles in this collection, first published in 1970, examine separate cases of economic decline, from Rome and Byzantium to the more recent histories of the Dutch and Chinese empires, and demonstrate both the resemblances and the peculiarly individual characteristics of each case.
The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine
Author: Pat SouthernPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134553811
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
It might have been thought that the Roman Empire should have collapsed in the 260s - yet it did not. Pat Southern shows how this was possible by providing a chronological history from the end of the second century to the beginning of the fourth.