Conquerors and Slaves (Sociological Studies in Roman History, Vol. 1)

Front Cover
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CONQUERORS AND SLAVES: SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN ROMAN HISTORY, VOLUME 1......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PLATES (Between pages 222 and 223)......Page 8
Pl. 1......Page 242
Pl. 2......Page 243
Pl. 3......Page 244
Pl. 4......Page 245
FIGURES......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 10
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED......Page 14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 15
Map: The Roman Empire in the 2nd Century A.D.......Page 17
THE ARGUMENT......Page 20
THE INTRUSION OF SLAVES......Page 27
A first look at the scheme......Page 30
A SKETCH OF THE ECONOMY......Page 34
Yeomen in early Rome......Page 38
CONTINUOUS WAR......Page 44
THE PRODUCTS OF WAR......Page 56
THE FORMATION OF LARGE ESTATES......Page 67
LAND IN POLITICS......Page 75
THE SOLUTION - MASS MIGRATION......Page 83
STRUCTURAL DIFFERENTIATION AND THE WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGE: THE ARMY, EDUCATION AND THE LAW......Page 93
APPENDIX: On the probable size of the population of the city of Rome......Page 115
THE GROWTH OF A SLAVE SOCIETY......Page 118
Slavery and the expansion of empire......Page 121
The Economic Structure of Slave-Holdings......Page 125
Why slaves and not citizens?......Page 127
Slavery and politics......Page 130
On the number of ex-slaves and the high status of some......Page 134
Misery, cruelty, rebellion and philosophy......Page 137
The legal and social status of slaves and ex-slaves......Page 142
CONCLUSIONS......Page 150
THE BACKGROUND......Page 152
FULL FREEDOM AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE......Page 160
The formula discussed......Page 161
The problem......Page 165
Length of service after manumission - fixed term and doubled obligations......Page 168
Performance......Page 171
How to lessen the loss of an asset......Page 174
PRICES......Page 177
FAMILY TIES AMONG THE FREED......Page 182
CONCLUSIONS......Page 187
APPENDIX III.1 Conditions of release in manumissions from Calymna......Page 189
THE POWER AND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE COURT EUNUCHS......Page 191
A sociological dimension......Page 199
CHANGES IN THE POWER STRUCTURE......Page 200
THE STRATEGIC POSITION OF EUNUCHS......Page 205
Eunuchs and chamberlains: the convergence of two traditions......Page 210
The eunuch image......Page 212
INTRODUCTION......Page 216
THE BEGINNINGS OF EMPEROR WORSHIP IN ROME, ITS  ESTABLISHMENT AND DIFFUSION......Page 219
The role of ex-slaves in the imperial cult......Page 230
SOME FUNCTIONS OF BELIEF — THE LIVING PRESENCE......Page 234
The emperor's statue (see Plates 3 and 4)......Page 240
OMENS AND PORTENTS......Page 254
CONCLUSIONS......Page 264
MODERN WORKS CITED IN CHAPTER I......Page 266
MODERN WORKS CITED IN CHAPTER II......Page 269
MODERN WORKS CITED IN CHAPTER III......Page 271
MODERN WORKS CITED IN CHAPTER IV......Page 272
MODERN WORKS CITED IN CHAPTER V......Page 273
SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 275
INEDEX OF SUBJECTS......Page 278
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES......Page 284
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