Slaves to rome : paradigms of empire in Roman culture / Myles Lavan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and other Conventions; Introduction; Paradigms of power; Scope; The culture of Roman imperialism; An imperial identity; The social imaginary; Summary; 1 Romans and allies; Power and privilege in the Roman empire; peregrini; socii; The Republican background; The rhetoric of the extortion court; The socii after Cicero; prouinciales; The socii in the second century ce; Romans and allies; 2 Masters of the world; The language of slavery; Conquerors and slaves; The yoke of Roman rule; Rebels and slaves; The populus dominus; Slaves to Rome.

The illusion of freedomLater perspectives; Empire and slavery; No prospect of freedom; 3 Empire and slavery in Tacitus; The Agricola; Slavishness; Making slaves; Servile complicity; Britain and Rome; The Batavian revolt (Histories 4-5); The Boudiccan revolt (Annals 14); 4 Benefactors; The ideology of exchange; The bonds of gratitude; Fear and favours; To beg a favour; Pliny on empire and dependency; 5 Patrons and protectors; The language of clientela; Surrender and clientage; Cicero on Rome's patrocinium orbis terrae; Livy on Roman patrocinium; Beyond Cicero and Livy.

From Roma domina to Roma mater6 Addressing the allies; The emperor and the cities; Universal pronouncements; Masters and slaves; Afterword; Works Cited; Index of Passages Discussed; General Index.

Examines how the experience of living with slavery shaped the way that the Roman elite thought about empire.

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