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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duncan-Jones, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Rome. > Senate > History.
Rome. > Senate.
30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Enslaved persons > Rome > History.
Power (Social sciences) > Rome > History.
Social status > Rome > History.
Career development > Rome > History.
Esclaves > Rome > Histoire.
Statut social > Rome > Histoire.
Plan de carrière > Rome > Histoire.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Career development.
Politics and government.
Power (Social sciences)
Enslaved persons.
Social conditions.
Social status.
Karriere
Meritokratie
Prinzipat
Senator
Sklave
Soziale Stellung
Sozialer Aufstieg
Macht.
Privileges (geschiedenis)
Romeinse oudheid.
Slaves > Rome > History.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Rome > Politics and government > 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Rome > Social conditions.
Rome > Army > Cavalry > History.
Rome > Histoire > 30 av. J.-C.-284 (Empire)
Rome > Politique et gouvernement > 30 av. J.-C.-284.
Rome > Conditions sociales.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Romeinse rijk.
Empire romain.
Rome.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Social Status and Senatorial Success
  • 1. Introduction: The senator
  • 2. Social standing and its impact on careers
  • 3. The career ladder at Rome
  • 4. Service overseas
  • 5. Defenders of the empire
  • 6. Influx from the provinces
  • 7. The chronology of the senatorial evidence
  • 8. Career inscriptions and what they leave out
  • Part II. Equestrian Perspectives
  • 9. Defining the equites
  • 10. The public employment of equites
  • 11. The economic involvements of equites
  • 12. The devaluation of equestrian rank
  • Part III. The Unprivileged
  • 13. Slavery : the background
  • 14. Slavery as a career
  • Appendix 1: Scoring systems for senators
  • Appendix 2: Non-vigintiviri and additional senators
  • Appendix 3: The duration of army posts
  • Appendix 4: Details of vigintiviri
  • Appendix 5: Some senatorial careers
  • Appendix 6: Early and late priesthoods
  • Appendix 7: Inventory of senators in the database.

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