The Roman Empire was one of the greatest and most influential forces of the ancient world, and many of its achievements endure in one form or another to this day. Because of its geographic breadth, cultural diversity, and overall complexity, it is also one of the most difficult organizations to understand.
This book focuses on the Roman Empire from the time of Julius Caesar to the sack of Rome. While most references on the Roman world provide a series of alphabetically arranged entries, this work is organized in broad topical chapters on government and politics, administration, individuals, groups and organizations, places, events, military developments, and objects and artifacts. Each section provides 20 to 30 substantive entries along with an overview essay. The work also provides a selection of primary source documents and closes with a bibliography of important print and electronic resources.
Author(s): James William Ermatinger
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: xxxiv+326 + xiv+296
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The Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1
Halftitle Page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
Cities
OVERVIEW ESSAY
Alexandria
Antioch
Aquincum
Athens
Caesarea Maritima
Carnuntum
Carthage
Colonia Agrippina
Constantinople
Corinth
Ephesus
Jerusalem
London
Lugdunum
Mediolanum
Mogontiacum
Ostia
Petra
Pompeii
Ravenna
Rome
Split and Salona
Thessalonica
Trier
Government and Politics
OVERVIEW ESSAY
Aediles
Auspices or Augury
Bureaucracy
Calendar
Censor
Circus
Comitia
Consilium
Consul
Corporations
Curatores
Currency Systems
Cursus Honorum
Dictator
Equites
Grain Trade
Law Courts
Manumission
Pontifex Maximus
Praeses (Roman Governors)
Prisons
Propaganda
Punishment
Roman Law
Roman Law, Evolution of
Senate
Taxation
Treason Trials
Vestal Virgins
Vigiles
Groups and Organizations
OVERVIEW ESSAY
Alamanni and Juthungi
Bacchus, Cult of
Celts
Christians
Dacians
Desert Tribes
Family Names
Freedmen
Germanic Tribes
Gladiators
Huns
Isis and Osiris, Cult of
Jews
Mauri
Merchants
Mystery Religions
Parthians
Persians
Picts
Slaves
State Religion
Traders
Vandals
Visigoths
Individuals
OVERVIEW ESSAY
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (64–12 BCE)
Agrippina the Elder (14 BCE–33 CE)
Antoninus Pius (86–161 CE)
Augustus (63 BCE–14 CE)
Aurelian, Lucius Domitius (ca. 215–275 CE)
Caesar, Gaius Julius (102–44 BCE)
Caligula (12–41 CE)
Claudius (10 BCE–54 CE)
Cleopatra (69–30 BCE)
Constantine (285–337 CE)
Constantine, House of
Diocletian (ca. 244–313 CE)
Domitian (51–96 CE)
Hadrian (76–138 CE)
Jesus (ca. 4 BCE–29 CE)
Latin Fathers of the Western Church
Livia Drusilla (58 BCE–29 CE)
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE)
Nero (37–68 CE)
Palmyra, House of
Sejanus, Lucius Aelius (20 BCE–31 CE)
Severan Dynasty (193–235 CE)
Theodosius, House of
Tiberius (42 BCE–37 CE)
Trajan (53–117 CE)
Valentinian, House of
Valerian (ca. 193–260 CE) and Gallienus (218–268 CE)
Vespasian, Titus Flavius (9–79 CE)
Institutions
OVERVIEW ESSAY
Alimenta
Annona
Burial Clubs
Census
Civitas
Client Kings
Colonies
Delatores
Diocese
Language
Mansio (Road System)
Markets
Marriage
Mints
Officials
Priests
Provinces
Provincial Capitals
Provincial Law
Public Health and Sanitation
Public Works
Regulations, Business
Regulations, Commercial
Religion
Sacrifices
Index
The Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 2
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Key Events
OVERVIEW ESSAY
Actium, Battle of (31 BCE)
Adrianople, Battle of (378 CE)
Antonine Plague
Augustan Settlement
Batavian (Civilis) Rebellion (69 CE)
Boudicca Rebellion (60 or 61 CE)
British Conquest
Carausius Rebellion (286–293 CE)
Council of Nicaea (325 CE)
Dacian Wars (101–102 and 105–106 CE)
Diocletian Persecutions (303–311 CE)
Edict of Milan (313 CE)
Edict of Toleration (311 CE)
Fires
Floods
Jewish Rebellion, First (66–73 CE)
Judea Provincial Disruption
Julia Conspiracy (2 BCE)
Milvian Bridge, Battle of the (312 CE)
Piso Conspiracy (65 CE)
Pre-Diocletianic Persecutions
Price Edict (301 CE)
Sack of Rome (410 CE)
Teutoburg Forest, Battle of the (9 CE)
Third-Century Political Chaos
Third-Century Social Chaos
Thirty Tyrants
Vesuvius Eruption (79 CE)
Year of the Five Emperors (193 CE)
Year of the Four Emperors (69 CE)
Military
OVERVIEW ESSAY
Antonine Wall
Auxiliaries
Catapults
Cavalry
Centurions
Cohort
Command
Defensive Policy
Exploratores, Speculatores, and Frumentarii
Hadrian’s Wall
Legion
Legionary Camps
Legionary Deployment
Legionary Officers
Limes
Masada, Siege of (73/74 CE)
Navy
Order of Battle
Praetorian Guard
Provincial Treatment
Recruitment and Service
Roads and Projects
Siege
Tactics
Training
Triumph
Uniforms
Weapons
Objects and Artifacts
OVERVIEW ESSAY
Aqueducts
Ara Pacis
Catacombs
Clothing
Coins
Colosseum
Gardens
Imperial Fora
Inscriptions
Literature
Machines
Marble Quarries
Mausoleums
Mines
Mosaics
Paintings
Palaces
Papyri
Ports and Harbors
Pottery
Sculpture
Ships
Theaters, Odeons, and Arenas
Villas
Votive Offerings
Primary Documents
1. REPUBLICAN FIRE BRIGADE UNDER CRASSUS
2. CURSUS HONORUM
3. CALENDAR
4. JULIUS CAESAR’S FUNERAL
5. ROMAN PRAYER
6. AUGUSTUS’S FIRE BRIGADES
7. DISPOSITION OF FORCES UNDER AUGUSTUS
8. VARUS AND THE GERMAN WARS
9. AUGUSTUS’S LOOKS
10. TREASON TRIALS UNDER TIBERIUS
11. GERMANICUS CONQUERS THE GERMANS
12. THE PISO AFFAIR
13. THE THRACIAN WAR
14. PERSECUTION OF CULTS
15. TIBERIUS’S RELATIONS WITH AGRIPPINA
16. SEJANUS AND THE POWER OF THE PRAETORIAN GUARD
17. TIBERIUS’S DEPRAVITY
18. CALIGULA’S CRUELTY
19. FLOODING OF THE TIBER RIVER
20. NEW TAXES
21. LEGAL COURTS
22. CLAUDIUS’S PUBLIC WORKS
23. THE GRAIN SUPPLY
24. FOREIGN RELATIONS
25. GAMES
26. NERO’S PUNISHMENT OF CHRISTIANS
27. WARS IN BRITAIN
28. FIRES IN ROME
29. NERO’S PRIVATE HOUSE
30. NERO’S SINGING
31. PRAETORIAN GUARD
32. CIVILIS REBELLION
33. URINE TAX
34. SIEGE OF JERUSALEM
35. SIEGE OF MASADA
36. ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS
37. DOMITIAN AS A GOD
38. A FEMALE GLADIATOR
39. EDICT OF TOLERATION
40. CONSTANTINE AND THE CHI-RHO
41. EDICT OF MILAN
42. BATTLE OF ADRIANOPLE
43. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA
44. CITY OF JERUSALEM
Selected Bibliography
About the Author
Index
