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Studies in ancient society / edited by M. I. Finley.

By: Finley, M. I. (Moses I.), 1912-1986Contributor(s): Finley, M. I. (Moses I.), 1912-1986 [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Past and present seriesPublication details: London ; Boston : Routledge and K. Paul, 1974. Description: x, 324 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 0710077815Uniform titles: Past & present. Subject(s): Sozialgeschichte 800 v. Chr.-500 | Rome -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 309.1/38 LOC classification: HN10.R7 | F56
Contents:
1. Athenian demagogues / M.I. Finley -- 2. Aristotle and economic analysis / M.I. Finley -- 3. Rome and the class struggle in the Greek states 200-146 B.C. / John Briscoe -- 4. Roman mob / P.A. Brunt -- 5. Elite mobility in the Roman Empire / Keith Hopkins -- 6. Social mobility in the Early Roman Empire: the evidence of the imperial freedmen and slaves / P.R.C. Weaver -- 7. Legal privilege in the Roman Empire / Peter Garnsey -- 8. Greeks and their past in the Second Sophistic / E.L. Bowie -- 9. Why were the early Christians persecuted? / G.E.M. de Ste Croix -- 10. Why were the early Christians persecuted? An amendment / A.N. Sherwin-White -- 11. Why were the early Christians persecuted? A rejoinder / G.E.M. de Ste Croix -- 12. Failure of the persecutions in the Roman Empire / W.H.C. Frend -- 13. Roman colonate / A.H.M. Jones -- 14. Peasant revolts in Late Roman Gaul and Spain / E.A. Thompson.
Summary: "This volume comprises articles previously published in the historical journal, Past and Present, ranging over nearly a thousand years of Graeco-Roman history. The essays focus primarily on the Roman Empire, reflecting the increase, in British scholarship of the post-war years, of explanatory, 'structuralist' studies of this period in Roman history. The topics treated include Athenian politics, the Roman conquest of the east, violence in the later Roman Republic, the second Sophistic, and persecutions of the early Christians. The authors have all produced original studies, a number of which have generated significant research by other ancient historians." --Publisher description.
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Articles originally published in the journal Past and present.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Athenian demagogues / M.I. Finley -- 2. Aristotle and economic analysis / M.I. Finley -- 3. Rome and the class struggle in the Greek states 200-146 B.C. / John Briscoe -- 4. Roman mob / P.A. Brunt -- 5. Elite mobility in the Roman Empire / Keith Hopkins -- 6. Social mobility in the Early Roman Empire: the evidence of the imperial freedmen and slaves / P.R.C. Weaver -- 7. Legal privilege in the Roman Empire / Peter Garnsey -- 8. Greeks and their past in the Second Sophistic / E.L. Bowie -- 9. Why were the early Christians persecuted? / G.E.M. de Ste Croix -- 10. Why were the early Christians persecuted? An amendment / A.N. Sherwin-White -- 11. Why were the early Christians persecuted? A rejoinder / G.E.M. de Ste Croix -- 12. Failure of the persecutions in the Roman Empire / W.H.C. Frend -- 13. Roman colonate / A.H.M. Jones -- 14. Peasant revolts in Late Roman Gaul and Spain / E.A. Thompson.

"This volume comprises articles previously published in the historical journal, Past and Present, ranging over nearly a thousand years of Graeco-Roman history. The essays focus primarily on the Roman Empire, reflecting the increase, in British scholarship of the post-war years, of explanatory, 'structuralist' studies of this period in Roman history. The topics treated include Athenian politics, the Roman conquest of the east, violence in the later Roman Republic, the second Sophistic, and persecutions of the early Christians. The authors have all produced original studies, a number of which have generated significant research by other ancient historians." --Publisher description.