Power and privilege in Roman society

1. Verfasser: Duncan-Jones, Richard, , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Umfang/Format: xii, 229 pages.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Imperium Romanum
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 4 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Online available (Cambridge Core)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.