The governor and his subjects in the later Roman empire /

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This book presents new insights into the dynamics of the relationship between governors and provincial subjects in the Later Roman Empire, with a focus on the provincial perspective. Based on literary, legal, epigraphic and artistic materials the author deals with questions such as how provincials c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slootjes, Daniëlle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Colección:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 275.
Temas:
Bezirk Zürich > Statthalteramt
To 527
Governors > Rome > Provinces.
Roman provinces > Administration.
Gouverneurs > Rome > Provinces.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Employees
Governors > Roman provinces
Politics and government
Roman provinces > Administration
Provinzialverwaltung
Statthalter
Bestuur.
Stadhouders.
Provincies.
Rome > Officials and employees.
Rome > Politics and government > 284-476.
Byzantine Empire > Officials and employees.
Byzantine Empire > Politics and government > To 527.
Rome > Fonctionnaires.
Rome > Politique et gouvernement > 284-476.
Empire byzantin > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 527.
Byzantine Empire
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Byzantinisches Reich
Computer network resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTES TO THE READER
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNOR IN ADMINISTRATION, A.D. 2848211;527
  • Governors: their position, titles and ranks
  • The governor8217;s office
  • The governor8217;s role in jurisdiction and taxation
  • Governors and higher authorities
  • CHAPTER TWO THE GOVERNOR AS JUDGE: COMPETENCE VERSUS CORRUPTION
  • Governors8217; competence in law
  • Provincials8217; expectations of the governor as judge
  • Corruption: 8220;Do ut des?8221;
  • Unfavorable reactions to governors8217; judgment
  • Governors caught in the justice system?
  • CHAPTER THREE THE GOVERNOR AS BENEFACTOR: A TWO-WAY RELATIONSHIP
  • Practice of benefactions
  • Provincial pressure and manipulation
  • The perception of benefactions
  • Provincials as benefactors for governors
  • CHAPTER FOUR SPEECHES, POEMS AND ACCLAMATIONS FOR THE GOVERNOR
  • Ceremonial routine
  • Speeches of praise
  • Gregory of Nazianzus: a poem for Nemesius
  • Acclamations
  • CHAPTER FIVE INSCRIPTIONS AND STATUES FOR GOVERNORS
  • Honorific inscriptions
  • Governors8217; statues
  • Praise: incentive or burden?
  • CHAPTER SIX PROVINCIALS8217; ATTITUDES TOWARD GOVERNORS: CRITICISM AS A MIRROR IMAGE OF EXPECTATIONS
  • The power of acclamations
  • Speeches against governors: criticism as mirror image of provincials8217; hopes
  • Tisamenus: an 8216;ideal8217; governor to criticize
  • 8220;A culture of criticism8221;
  • CONCLUSION THE GOVERNOR 8220;BRILLIANT AS A RAY OF THE SUN8221;?
  • Continuous dialogue
  • Provincial expectations and pressure
  • Interdependence and reciprocity
  • Brilliant as a ray of the sun?8217;
  • APPENDIX CONCORDANCE OF THE LETTERS OF LIBANIUS
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • INDEX OF PERSONS.

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