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Emperor in the Roman World Paperback – August 20, 1992

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This book offers a large scale reassessment of the function of Roman emperor over three centuries (from Augustus to Constantine) and of the social realities of this exercise of power. Concentrating on the patterns of communication between the emperor and his subjects, the author shows that such communications were normally initiated by the subjects – whether grouped in cities or other associations, or individually and that the emperor fulfilled his role primarily by making responses to them or giving decisions or verdicts between them.

The book casts new light on a number of detailed historical questions such as the sources of the emperor's wealth and the ways he spent it; the imperial residences and the mobility of the court; and the relatively small and simple entourage that the emperor needed to perform his functions. But above all, it emphasizes two major historical themes: the steady detachment of the emperor from the republican institutions of the city of Rome; and the way in which relations between Emperor and Church were shaped by the emperor's long-standing relations with cities, temples and associations in the pagan world.

Drawing on a wide range of evidence, from literature and legal writings to inscriptions and papyri, the main text can be read without any knowledge o f Latin or Greek.

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    August 20, 1992
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    6.14 x 1.38 x 9.21 inches
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    0715617222
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"A masterpiece of historical writing--not merely a standard work to be read as a matter of compulsion by (at the least) all ancient historians, but rather an immediate classic whose effects will long be felt and which in the present generation cannot be superseded.' K. R. Bradley, Gnomon

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Prof Sir Fergus Millar is Camden Professor of Ancient History Emeritus, in the University of Oxford, UK.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bristol Classical Press; 0002-New edition (August 20, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 656 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0715617222
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0715617229
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 1.38 x 9.21 inches
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Whitten Watson
5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent History
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Just great. I really can't recommend this highly enough. Well written and absolutely dense with detail and sources.
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Arch Stanton
5.0 out of 5 stars An Invaluable Source
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2013
Fergus Millar's book on the Roman emperor is the main resource on this topic. It analyzes the position of the emperor in relation to various other topics. These topics vary from the functions of the emperor to the emperor's companions to his relations with the cities and senate. These chapters cover topics related to the emperor such as imperial capitals, his advisers, his relationship with local councils, and the church. This book is intended as a corrective to previous books which he feels didn't adequately describe what the emperor did but instead described what they thought he should do. Thus this book goes back to the basics and provides examples from countless sources from across the Roman world.

Whether you accept his arguments or not will depend largely on what you think of his use of sources. While he has a wider ranging knowledge of the sources than seems possible he offers no analysis or consideration of them treating largely fictitious documents like the HA (or even Vergil) with as much seriousness as the major historians and inscriptions. He never really compares the accuracy of sources so much as lists examples from them that suit his thesis. To make clear my position I feel that he offers a lot of useful information and good ideas, but that a thorough knowledge of the sources is required beforehand. Sometimes fictitious sources can be used to prove a point if that point has to do with contemporary perceptions, but I am not convinced much of the time that his use of them is appropriate. Each example he uses must be judged based on your knowledge of that source and its relevance to the current topic. Not that non-professionals can't get much of value from this, but I'd be recommend when using any of his examples to check the nature of the source first.

But whether or not this is the best way of using sources it seems hard to argue with his conclusions. I disagree with some of them of course (just because people wanted emperors to respond to petitions doesn't mean they always did, nor that their responses were done personally) but on the whole his work is solid. It isn't exactly an easy read, but if you use it correctly it is an invaluable source. I would recommend though that you read this in conjunction with Campbell's  The Emperor and the Roman Army  since Millar doesn't mention soldiers in his book.
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William Heidelberg
4.0 out of 5 stars very precise
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Surely the best take on this subject, but the book is gigantic size, makes it hard to read in bed
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5.0 out of 5 stars What a treasure
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Unique, erudite, lucid, immense and sprawling . . . a genuine treasure of a book. I wish I'd been able to meet the author.
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A nust-have book of reference for the Classical scholar.
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