The Senate of Imperial Rome

by Richard J.A. Talbert

Overview

Richard J. A. Talbert examines the composition, procedure, and functions of the Roman senate during the Principate (30 B.C.-A.D. 238). Although it is of central importance to the period, this great council has not previously received such scholarly treatment. Offering a fresh approach to major ancient authors (Pliny and Tacitus in particular), the book also draws on inscriptions and legal writers never before fully exploited for the study of the senate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691102382
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	10/21/1987
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

"[T]his book is bound to take its place as a standard work of Roman history, and a much-used starting point for further investigations of the nature and evolution of that still mysterious entity, the Roman
Empire.

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Times Literary Supplement Fergus Millar

"[T]his book is bound to take its place as a standard work of Roman history, and a much-used starting point for further investigations of the nature and evolution of that still mysterious entity, the Roman
Empire."—Fergus Millar, Times Literary Supplement

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