Author: Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Rome Through Five Centuries
Author: Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Rome Through Five Centuries. An Historical Survey from Early Times to the Beginning of the Christian Era. [With Plates.].
Author: Donald Alexander MACKENZIE (Archaeologist.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Plight of Rome in the Fifth Century AD
Author: Mark Merrony
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351702785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The Plight of Rome in the Fifth Century AD argues that the fall of the western Roman Empire was rooted in a significant drop in war booty, agricultural productivity, and mineral resources. Merrony proposes that a dependency on the three economic components was established with the Principate, when a precedent was set for an unsustainable threshold on military spending. Drawing on literary and archaeological data, this volume establishes a correspondence between booty (in the form of slaves and precious metals) from foreign campaigns and public building programmes, and how this equilibrium was upset after the Empire reached its full expansion and began to contract in the third century. It is contended that this trend was exacerbated by the systematic loss of agricultural productivity (principally grain, but also livestock), as successive barbarian tribes were settled and wrested control from the imperial authorities in the fifth century. Merrony explores how Rome was weakened and divided, unable to pay its army, feed its people, or support the imperial bureaucracy – and how this contributed to its administrative collapse.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351702785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The Plight of Rome in the Fifth Century AD argues that the fall of the western Roman Empire was rooted in a significant drop in war booty, agricultural productivity, and mineral resources. Merrony proposes that a dependency on the three economic components was established with the Principate, when a precedent was set for an unsustainable threshold on military spending. Drawing on literary and archaeological data, this volume establishes a correspondence between booty (in the form of slaves and precious metals) from foreign campaigns and public building programmes, and how this equilibrium was upset after the Empire reached its full expansion and began to contract in the third century. It is contended that this trend was exacerbated by the systematic loss of agricultural productivity (principally grain, but also livestock), as successive barbarian tribes were settled and wrested control from the imperial authorities in the fifth century. Merrony explores how Rome was weakened and divided, unable to pay its army, feed its people, or support the imperial bureaucracy – and how this contributed to its administrative collapse.
Rome Through Five Centuries
Author: Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
From Rome to Byzantium
Author: Michael Grant
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135166722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Byzantium was dismissed by Gibbon, in the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,and his Victorian successors as a decadent, dark, oriental culture, given up to intrigue, forbidden pleasure and refined cruelty. This great empire, founded by Constantine as the seat of power in the East began to flourish in the fifth century AD, after the fall of Rome, yet its culture and history have been neglected by scholars in comparison to the privileging of interest in the Western and Roman Empire. Michael Grant's latest book aims to compensate for that neglect and to provide an insight into the nature of the Byzantine Empire in the fifth century; the prevalence of Christianity, the enormity and strangeness of the landscape of Asia Minor; and the history of invasion prior to the genesis of the empire. Michael Grant's narrative is lucid and colourful as always, lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps. He successfully provides an examination of a comparatively unexplored area and constructs the history of an empire which rivals the former richness and diversity of a now fallen Rome.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135166722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Byzantium was dismissed by Gibbon, in the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,and his Victorian successors as a decadent, dark, oriental culture, given up to intrigue, forbidden pleasure and refined cruelty. This great empire, founded by Constantine as the seat of power in the East began to flourish in the fifth century AD, after the fall of Rome, yet its culture and history have been neglected by scholars in comparison to the privileging of interest in the Western and Roman Empire. Michael Grant's latest book aims to compensate for that neglect and to provide an insight into the nature of the Byzantine Empire in the fifth century; the prevalence of Christianity, the enormity and strangeness of the landscape of Asia Minor; and the history of invasion prior to the genesis of the empire. Michael Grant's narrative is lucid and colourful as always, lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps. He successfully provides an examination of a comparatively unexplored area and constructs the history of an empire which rivals the former richness and diversity of a now fallen Rome.
Rome
Author: Marco Bussagli
Publisher: H.F.Ullmann Publishing
ISBN: 9783848003150
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rome: The Golden Centuries unfolds the magnificent panorama of the Eternal City, long recognized as the cultural capital of Europe, before the readers' eyes. Even into the twentieth century, artists from every corner of the globe were magically drawn to Rome, which served as their model and inspiration. The great epochs of occidental art are introduced, with the myriad masterpieces that have been created here serving as illustrations. The city is home to an inexhaustible supply of treasures from every area of the fine arts. Readers can follow the development of Rome and its artworks throughout the centuries; indeed, the course of Western civilization is reflected in the history of this monumental city. For this book, editor Marco Bussagli gathered a group of renowned archaeologists and art historians to author various sections. Taken as a whole, their contributions allow the reader to take part in the complex changes in the realm of fine arts, architecture, and the development of this unique city.
Publisher: H.F.Ullmann Publishing
ISBN: 9783848003150
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rome: The Golden Centuries unfolds the magnificent panorama of the Eternal City, long recognized as the cultural capital of Europe, before the readers' eyes. Even into the twentieth century, artists from every corner of the globe were magically drawn to Rome, which served as their model and inspiration. The great epochs of occidental art are introduced, with the myriad masterpieces that have been created here serving as illustrations. The city is home to an inexhaustible supply of treasures from every area of the fine arts. Readers can follow the development of Rome and its artworks throughout the centuries; indeed, the course of Western civilization is reflected in the history of this monumental city. For this book, editor Marco Bussagli gathered a group of renowned archaeologists and art historians to author various sections. Taken as a whole, their contributions allow the reader to take part in the complex changes in the realm of fine arts, architecture, and the development of this unique city.
The Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
Author: Warren Fisher
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449077390
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
An illustrated history of Imperial Rome over five centuries. What began as an attempt by the Roman Senate to deny Julius Caesar the Consulship led to his assassination by the Senate and the institutional conversion of Rome from a Republic to one of the greatest empires the world has seen.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449077390
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
An illustrated history of Imperial Rome over five centuries. What began as an attempt by the Roman Senate to deny Julius Caesar the Consulship led to his assassination by the Senate and the institutional conversion of Rome from a Republic to one of the greatest empires the world has seen.
The Fifth Century in Rome
Author: Ivan Foletti
Publisher: I Libri Di Viella. Arte / Stud
ISBN: 9788867282111
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The objective of this book is to draw attention to fifth-century Rome - to those hundred years which even today need to be looked at from different perspectives. It is a key moment, a border between worlds, far too important not to receive further attention. The studies, presented here together, aim to respond to new demands: the art object remains at the centre, but with a new search for its context. This context would be unthinkable without the key concept of co-existence - between popular and elite culture, popes and emperors, pagans and Christians. As well as between liturgy - necessary to the Christian world - and patronage - the intellectual project which stems from a cultural concept. Moreover, co-existence is crucial between the mindset of the Roman elites (the tradition inscribed in the city's DNA), and new demands arising from this rich moment in the history of Rome. The fifth-century, studied in this book, is the moment in which future and past meet, and Antique and Christian coincide. An artistic moment with only one identifying feature: its incredibly rich complexity. With articles by Sible de Blaauw, Olof Brandt, Zuzana Frantová and Dale Kinney
Publisher: I Libri Di Viella. Arte / Stud
ISBN: 9788867282111
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The objective of this book is to draw attention to fifth-century Rome - to those hundred years which even today need to be looked at from different perspectives. It is a key moment, a border between worlds, far too important not to receive further attention. The studies, presented here together, aim to respond to new demands: the art object remains at the centre, but with a new search for its context. This context would be unthinkable without the key concept of co-existence - between popular and elite culture, popes and emperors, pagans and Christians. As well as between liturgy - necessary to the Christian world - and patronage - the intellectual project which stems from a cultural concept. Moreover, co-existence is crucial between the mindset of the Roman elites (the tradition inscribed in the city's DNA), and new demands arising from this rich moment in the history of Rome. The fifth-century, studied in this book, is the moment in which future and past meet, and Antique and Christian coincide. An artistic moment with only one identifying feature: its incredibly rich complexity. With articles by Sible de Blaauw, Olof Brandt, Zuzana Frantová and Dale Kinney
Ancient Rome on 5 Denarii a Day
Author: Philip Matyszak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500287606
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Presents a tourist's guide to the city of Rome as it was around 200 CE.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500287606
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Presents a tourist's guide to the city of Rome as it was around 200 CE.
Christianity in Ancient Rome
Author: Bernard Green
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567032507
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
of the Pope." --Book Jacket.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567032507
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
of the Pope." --Book Jacket.