Rome, universal city. From Caesar to Caracalla 70 BC - 212 AD
Belin| N° d'inventaire | 22243 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 872 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782701164960 |
The history of Rome depicted in this volume is that of the apogee of a "global" empire. How did a small city come to dominate a range of lands stretching from Scotland and the Danube to the African desert, from the Atlantic to the Near East, and to establish this domination in a way that was lasting enough to profoundly mark the history of all these territories? The success of Roman rule was largely due to an open conception of citizenship. The census of 70 BC settled a conflict that had pitted Rome against the Italians some twenty years earlier. All the free men of the peninsula now formed the populus Romanus. Nearly three centuries later, in 212 AD, Caracalla granted the benefit of the civitas Romana to all the free inhabitants of the empire. However, during the period delimited by these two measures, Roman possessions had extended well beyond the shores of the Mediterranean. This expansion was the collective work of Roman soldiers and their leaders. Guarantors of a domination that claimed to be universal, and whose seat was the largest city of Antiquity, the princes adapted the City to govern the world. This book examines this history by seeking the coherence of a singular imperial construction, which later served as a model for many others.
The history of Rome depicted in this volume is that of the apogee of a "global" empire. How did a small city come to dominate a range of lands stretching from Scotland and the Danube to the African desert, from the Atlantic to the Near East, and to establish this domination in a way that was lasting enough to profoundly mark the history of all these territories? The success of Roman rule was largely due to an open conception of citizenship. The census of 70 BC settled a conflict that had pitted Rome against the Italians some twenty years earlier. All the free men of the peninsula now formed the populus Romanus. Nearly three centuries later, in 212 AD, Caracalla granted the benefit of the civitas Romana to all the free inhabitants of the empire. However, during the period delimited by these two measures, Roman possessions had extended well beyond the shores of the Mediterranean. This expansion was the collective work of Roman soldiers and their leaders. Guarantors of a domination that claimed to be universal, and whose seat was the largest city of Antiquity, the princes adapted the City to govern the world. This book examines this history by seeking the coherence of a singular imperial construction, which later served as a model for many others.