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The Wars of the Romans : a critical edition and translation of De armis Romanis /
Was the Roman Empire just? Did Rome acquire her territories through just wars, and did Rome's rule exert a civilizing effect, ultimately beneficial for its subjects? Or was Roman imperialism a massive injustice - the bellicose conquest and absorption of countless peoples and large swaths of ter...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Latín |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Was the Roman Empire just? Did Rome acquire her territories through just wars, and did Rome's rule exert a civilizing effect, ultimately beneficial for its subjects? Or was Roman imperialism a massive injustice - the bellicose conquest and absorption of countless peoples and large swaths of territory under false pretences, driven by greed and a lust for domination and glory? In The Wars of the Romans (1599), the important Italian jurist and Regius Professor of Civil Law at. Oxford University Alberico Gentili (1552-1608) argues both sides of the debate. In the first book he lays out the case ag. |
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| Notas: | "A project of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University School of Law." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxix, 388 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191616754 0191616753 0191949604 9780191949609 1283299763 9781283299763 9786613299765 6613299766 |