The Language of Empire : Rome and the Idea of Empire from the Third Century BC to the Second Century AD (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Ideas of empire; 2. The beginnings: Hannibal to Sulla; 3. Cicero's empire: imperium populi Romani; 4. The Augustan empire: imperium romanum; 5. After Augustus; 6. Conclusion: Imperial presuppositions and patterns of empire; Appendix 1. Cicero analysis; Appendix 2. Livy; Appendix 3. Imperium and provincia in legal writers; Bibliography; Index.