Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World by J. E. Lendon

Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World

J. E. Lendon

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nonfiction classics history literary politics medium-paced
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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 aris...

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