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Power and privilege in Roman society /
"How far were appointments in the Roman Empire based on merit? Did experience matter? What difference did social rank make? This innovative study of the Principate examines the career outcomes of senators and knights by social category. Contrasting patterns emerge from a new database of senator...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "How far were appointments in the Roman Empire based on merit? Did experience matter? What difference did social rank make? This innovative study of the Principate examines the career outcomes of senators and knights by social category. Contrasting patterns emerge from a new database of senatorial careers. Although the highest appointments could reflect experience, a clear preference for the more aristocratic senators is also seen. Bias is visible even in the major army commands and in the most senior civilian posts nominally filled by ballot. In equestrian appointments, successes by the less experienced again suggest the power of social advantage. Senatorial recruitment gradually opened up to include many provincials but Italians still kept their hold on the higher social groupings. The book also considers the senatorial career more widely, while a final section examines slave careers and the phenomenon of voluntary slavery"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 229 pages .) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316716045 131671604X 9781316575475 1316575470 9781316716465 1316716465 1316716325 9781316716328 1316715620 9781316715628 9781316715765 1316715760 1316715906 9781316715901 |