The Roman Empire <subTitle>Economy, society, and culture</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Garnsey, Peter</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1938-...)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">Great Britian</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Gerald Duckworth</publisher> <dateIssued>1987</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>231tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>23cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>During the Principate (roughly 27 BCE to 235 CE), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of the central government stimulate economic growth or endanger survival? What forces of cohesion operated to balance the social and economic inequalities and high mortality rates? How did the official religion react in the face of the diffusion of alien cults and the emergence of Christianity?</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Peter Garnsey</note> <subject> <topic>Rome -- Civilization</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">937.07</classification> <classification authority="ddc">P478-G24</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0715621475</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/9/8/z3705437676605_652cf5c79f0fff30ffcaf633aff2e7a6.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/9/8/z3705437676605_652cf5c79f0fff30ffcaf633aff2e7a6.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070736.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>