Roman Empire and Its Neighbours

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Roman Empire and Its Neighbours
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sir Fergus Millar
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:370
Dimensions(mm): Height 241,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9780715615690
ClassificationsDewey:937.07
Audience
General
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bristol Classical Press
Publication Date 26 September 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Covering the period from AD14 to 284, this comprehensive book reviews the social and economic history of the Roman Empire. Fergus Millar is the author of thirteen chapters on Rome and the provinces, arranged by topic, such as Governments and Administration, State and Subject, Italy, and Africa. These chapters for the bulk of the book and are supplemented by fours chapters by other authors (D. Berciu, Richard N. Frye, Georg Kossack and Tamara Talbot Rice) on the Parthians and Sasanid Persians, Dacians, Scytho-Sarmatians and Germans.

Author Biography

Sir Fergus Millar is Emeritus Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford, UK, and a Fellow of the British Academy, which awarded him the Kenyon Medal of Classics in 2005. Millar numbers among the most influential historians of ancient Greece and Rome.