Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284 : the critical century /
A pioneering history of this period of crisisThe Roman empire during the period framed by the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been regarded as one of crisis. Between 235 and 284, at least eighteen men held the throne of the empire, for an ave...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2012.
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Colección: | Edinburgh history of ancient Rome.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | A pioneering history of this period of crisisThe Roman empire during the period framed by the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been regarded as one of crisis. Between 235 and 284, at least eighteen men held the throne of the empire, for an average of less than three years, a reckoning which does not take into account all the relatives and lieutenants with whom those men shared power. Compared to the century between the accession of Nerva and the death of Commodus, this appears to be a period of near unintelligibility. The middle of the c. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-252) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780748629206 0748629203 9780748655359 0748655352 9780748655342 0748655344 |