Hegemony to empire: the development of the Roman Imperium in the East from 148 to 62 B.C

Auteur: Kallet-Marx, Robert Morstein
Titre: Hegemony to empire: the development of the Roman Imperium in the East from 148 to 62 B.C
Éditeur: University of California Press
Annèe edition: 1996
Mots-clès: Histoire - Storia - History
Comptes rendus:

Yves Perrin, Annales  Année 1999  54-5  pp. 1223-1227 (Link)- Gary Reger, BMCR 1997.02.06 (Link)

Description: This book analyzes the nature and development of Roman hegemonial power in the Hellenistic Aegean world, broadly defined—the southern Balkan peninsula and Asia Minor—from the suppression of Andriscus, pretender to the Macedonian throne, in 148, through Pompey's return in 62, following the long struggle with Mithridates VI of Pontus. The central conviction that has informed the project is that the establishment of Roman rule must be traced as a historical process, as something that developed and evolved, rather than something suddenly created whole out of nothing in each region with the successive "creation" of "provinces." I wish to depart from the old tradition which focuses narrowly on the legal structures assumed (often without good evidence) to have been erected by Roman conquerors after the various Eastern wars, and to turn attention rather toward the evolution of imperial structures both as an ongoing process of mutual adaptation on both the Greek and Roman sides and as a reaction to specific historical events. Evidence of the concrete actions of the successive Roman commanders on the spot and the rulings of the Roman Senate that affected Hellas will be the main focus of attention, rather than the legalistic schemata that have so long sufficed as description of "provincialization." Throughout, special attention will be devoted to the following questions. To what extent did Rome's advent and presence alter preexisting political and legal structures and traditional patterns of behavior? To what extent did the new Roman authorities on the spot, or the Roman Senate from afar, administer, govern, or rule? Was Rome's practical domination given formal expression or recognition? Did a conception of mutual responsibilities and obligations between Roman and Greek emerge? Above all, how did such manifestations of the Roman imperium change over time? [Author] Tullius Cicero, M., 203 n, 278 ; supports Manilian law, 321 -23; on Pompey's conquests, 331 -32; in Cilicia, 125 -26, 131 -34, 135 -36, 145 n
Liens: http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft1x0nb0dk&chunk.id=d0e521&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=ucpress
Sigle auteur: Kallet-Marx 1996