ISBN:
9781138824980 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Language:
English
Pages:
206 pages.
Year of publication:
2015
Series Statement:
Routledge monographs in classical studies ; 21
DDC:
937
Keywords:
Roman provinces Politics and government.
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Indigenous peoples Provinces
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History.
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Government, Resistance to Provinces
;
History.
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Insurgency Provinces
;
History.
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Imperialism Social aspects
;
History.
;
Roman provinces Social conditions.
;
Roman provinces Military policy.
;
Rome Politics and government.
;
Rome Social conditions.
;
Rome Military policy.
Abstract:
"This book demonstrates and analyzes patterns in the response of the Imperial Roman state to local resistance, focusing on decisions made within military and administrative organizations during the Principate. Through a thorough investigation of the official Roman approach towards local revolt, author Gil Gambash answers significant questions that, until now, have produced conflicting explanations in the literature: Was Rome's rule of its empire mostly based on oppressive measures, or on the willing cooperation of local populations? To what extent did Roman decisions and actions indicate a dedication towards stability in the provinces? And to what degree were Roman interests pursued at the risk of provoking local resistance? Examining the motivations and judgment of decision-makers within the military and administrative organizations--from the emperor down to the provincial procurator--this book reconstructs the premises for decisions and ensuing actions that promoted negotiation and cooperation with local populations. A ground-breaking work that, for the first time, provides a centralized view of Roman responses to indigenous revolt, Rome and Provincial Resistance is essential reading for scholars of Roman imperial history"--From publisher's website.
Description / Table of Contents:
Tension management -- Handling revolt -- Official appointments -- Commemoration -- The Jewish revolts.
