Empire Of Honour
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Originally published | 1997 |
Authors | J. E. Lendon |
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ID | 3054075 |
About Empire Of Honour
Jon Lendon offers a bold new analysis of how Roman government worked in the first four centuries AD. He contends that a despotism rooted in force and fear enjoyed widespread support among the ruling classes of the provinces on the basis of an aristocratic culture of honor shared by rulers and ruled.