218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book demonstrates and analyzes patterns in the response of the Imperial Roman state to local resistance, focusing on decisions made within military and administrative organizations during the Principate. Through a thorough investigation of the official Roman approach towards local revolt, author Gil Gambash answers significant questions that, until now, have produced conflicting explanations... Read more
Introduction 1. Tension Management 2. Handling Revolt 3. Official Appointments 4. Commemoration 5. The Jewish Revolts
Biography
Gil Gambash is Lecturer in the Department of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa, Israel.
"G[ambash] has detected a gap in our studies of the Roman empire: rebellions, seeing these as a way of helping to determine the attitude of imperial central government to their provincials. His approach is not chronological nor geographical, but thematic. He examines the tensions which led to uprisings, the handling of the revolt, the imperial officials who dealt with the rebellions, commemoration, and finally the Jewish revolts." - David J. Breeze, Edinburgh University
