"Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe, this book gives an overview of the considerations and practices of two major world empires that together ruled one-half of the earth's population in the first centuries BCE: ancient Rome and Han China. Approaching the historical material with a comparative perspective, Loewe examines the strengths and weaknesses, the successes and failures, which can be seen in the organisation and government of these two political systems"--
"Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe, this book gives an overview of the considerations and practices of two major world empires that together ruled one-half of the earth's population in the first centuries BCE: ancient Rome and Han China. Approaching the historical material with a comparative perspective, Loewe examines the strengths and weaknesses, the successes and failures, which can be seen in the organisation and government of these two political systems"--
Michael Loewe is Professor Emeritus of Chinese Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. Trained initially in Classics, he is one of the most prominent scholars of Chinese history and culture. Loewe has also served as the Director of the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge, UK, which is devoted to the study of the history of East-Asian science and technology. He is author of a dozen books on early China, and the co-editor of China's Early Empires: A Reappraisal (2010) and The Cambridge History of Ancient China (1986). T. Corey Brennan is Professor of Classics at Rutgers University, USA. He is author of The Fasces: A History of Ancient Rome's Most Dangerous Political Symbol (2022) and Sabina Augusta: An Imperial Journey (2018). His research interests include Roman political history and the social history of classical antiquity. Michael Nylan is Jane K. Sather Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley, USA, and a former student of Michael Loewe. She has published numerous books and articles on early China, including The Art of War: A New Translation (2022), and The Chinese Pleasure Book (2018), as well as a forthcoming monograph with Bloomsbury on environmental history.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations List of Tables Abbreviations Editors' Foreword Preface Introduction 1. Historical Sources and Attitudes to the Past 2. The Concept and Practice of Monarchy 3. Some Religious Aspects 4. Social Structure and Changes 5. The Structure and Conduct of Government 6. Monetary Practices, Population, and the Use of Coins 7. The Land and the Cities 8. Military Organization and Conscripted Service 9. The Laws of Rome and the Statutes and Ordinances of Han 10. The Growth of the Empires Conclusion Biographical notes Glossary of Chinese and Roman terms Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations List of Tables Abbreviations Editors' Foreword Preface Introduction 1. Historical Sources and Attitudes to the Past 2. The Concept and Practice of Monarchy 3. Some Religious Aspects 4. Social Structure and Changes 5. The Structure and Conduct of Government 6. Monetary Practices, Population, and the Use of Coins 7. The Land and the Cities 8. Military Organization and Conscripted Service 9. The Laws of Rome and the Statutes and Ordinances of Han 10. The Growth of the Empires Conclusion Biographical notes Glossary of Chinese and Roman terms Bibliography Index
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