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Product Description: During the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD ), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth or endanger survival? What forces of cohesion operated to balance the social and economic inequalities and high mortality rates? How did the official religion react in the face of the diffusion of alien cults and the emergence of Christianity?These are some of the many questions posed here, in an expanded edition of the original, pathbreaking account of the society, economy and culture of the Roman empire...read more
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9781472524027 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, January 15, 2015, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: During the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD ), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed.
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9780521780537 | Cambridge Univ Pr, January 31, 2008, cover price $270.00
Paperback:
9781107673076 | Reprint edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, January 31, 2013), cover price $64.99
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