Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China

ISBN-13: 9781108485777 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 448 str.

Opis

A comparative study of the ancient Mediterranean and Han China, seen through the lens of political culture.

Recenzje

'… a commendable example for those who will venture into comparative studies and will be of great interest to sinologists, classicists, and comparativists alike.' Mengzhen Yue, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

Editors' preface: Introduction. The many faces of 'the people' in the ancient world: δήμος – populus – 民 min Hans Beck and Griet Vankeerberghen; Part I. Authority and Lifestyles of Distinction: 1. Of gold and purple: nobles in western Han China and republican Rome Griet Vankeerberghen; 2. A tale of two stones: social memory in Roman Greece and Han China Miranda Brown with Zhang Zhongwei; 3. Private associations and urban experience in the Han and Roman Empires Carlos Noreña; Part II. The People as Agents and Addressees: 4. Rhetoric, oratory and people in ancient Rome and early China Francisco Pina Polo; 5. Female commoners and the law in early imperial China: evidence from recently recovered documents with some comparisons with classical Rome Robin Yates; 6. Registers of 'the people' in Greece, Rome, and China Hans Beck; 7. Food distribution for the People: welfare, food, and feasts in Rome and in Qin/Han China Moonsil Lee Kim; Part III. Inversions of the People: Emperors and Tyrants: 8. Augustus, the Roman plebs and the dictatorship: 22 BCE and beyond Alexander Yakobson; 9. Liberation as burlesque: the death of the tyrant Garret Pagenstecher Olberding; 10. Historical necessity or biographical singularity? Some aspects in the biographies of C. Iulius Caesar and Qin Shi Huangdi David Engels; 11. Employing knowledge: a case study in calendar reforms in the early Han and Roman Empires Rebecca Robinson; Part IV. Identities and 'Others': 12. The invention of the 'barbarian' and ethnic identity in early Greece and China Yang Huang; 13. Ethnic identity and the 'barbarian' in classical Greece and early China: its origins and distinctive features Hyun Jin Kim; Glossary.