Sociological Studies in Roman History

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Keith Hopkins (University of Cambridge) Christopher Kelly (University of Cambridge)

Sociological Studies in Roman History

Name: Sociological Studies in Roman History
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Keith Hopkins (University of Cambridge), Christopher Kelly (University of Cambridge)

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Cambridge University Press
02 February 2023

History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Social & cultural history

Series: Cambridge Classical Studies

Keith Hopkins was a sociologist and Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge from 1985 to 2001. He is widely recognised as one of the most radical, innovative and influential Roman historians of his generation. This volume presents fourteen of Hopkins' essays on an impressive range of subjects: contraception, demography, economic history, slavery, literacy, imperial power, Roman religion, Early Christianity, and the social and political structures of the ancient world. The papers have been re-edited and revised with accompanying essays by Hopkins' colleagues, friends and former students. This volume brings Hopkins' work up to date. It sets his distinctive and pioneering use of sociological approaches in a wider intellectual context and explores his lasting impact on the ways that ancient history is now written. This volume will interest all those fascinated by Rome and its empire, and particularly those eager to experience challenging and controversial ways of understanding the past.

By: Keith Hopkins (University of Cambridge)
Edited by: Christopher Kelly (University of Cambridge)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 788g
ISBN: 9781009353786
ISBN 10: 1009353780
Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 02 February 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Kelly is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Cambridge and President of Corpus Christi College. His books include Ruling the Later Roman Empire (2004), The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome (2009) and Theodosius II: Rethinking the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 2013). He is editor of the Journal of Roman Studies. He owes a great deal of his fascination with power and the workings of institutions to Keith Hopkins who supervised his doctoral thesis on 'Bureaucracy and corruption in the Later Roman Empire'.