Empire of Honour - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empire of Honour write by J. E. Lendon. This book was released on 2001. Empire of Honour available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. J. E. Lendon offers a new interpretation of how the Roman empire worked in the first four centuries AD. A despotism rooted in force and fear enjoyed widespread support among the ruling classes of the provinces on the basis of an aristocratic culture of honour shard by rulers and ruled. The competitive Roman and Greek aristocrats of the empire conceived of their relative standing in terms of public esteem or honour, and conceived of their cities - toward which they felt a warm patriotism - as entities locked in a parallel struggle for primacy in honour over rivals. Emperors and provincial governors exploited these rivalries to gain the indispensable co-operation of local magnates by granting honours to individuals and their cities. Since rulers strove for honour as well, their subjects manipulated them with honours in their turn. Honour - whose workings are also traced in the Roman army - served as a way of talking and thinking about Roman government: it was both a species of power, and a way - connived in by rulers and ruled - of concealing the terrible realities of imperial rule. -- Book Cover
Empire and Honor
Empire and Honor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empire and Honor write by W.E.B. Griffin. This book was released on 2012-12-31. Empire and Honor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. October 1945. The war is over. The OSS has been disbanded. But for Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS, the fight goes on… In the closing months of the war, the United States made a secret deal with Reinhard Gehlen, head of German intelligence’s Soviet section. In exchange for a treasure trove of intelligence on the Soviets and their spies within the U.S. atomic bomb program, Gehlen’s people would be spirited to safety in Argentina. Only a handful of people know about the deal. If word got out, all hell would break loose—and the U.S. would lose some of the most valuable intelligence sources they possess. It is up to Frade and company to keep them safe. But some people have other ideas...
The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire
The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire write by . This book was released on 2017-10-10. The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Politics of Honour in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire studies the honorific habits in the later Greek city, and in particular the honorific inscriptions that were set up for citizens, magistrates and (foreign) benefactors.
Wounds of Honour
Wounds of Honour - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wounds of Honour write by Anthony Riches. This book was released on 2010. Wounds of Honour available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "War on Hadrian's Wall... an epic story of courage and treachery in Roman Britain"--Cover.
Empire of Honour
Empire of Honour - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empire of Honour write by J. E. Lendon. This book was released on 2001. Empire of Honour available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
