The ruling power
Subtitle: a study of the Roman Empire in the second century after Christ through the Roman oration of Aelius Aristides
By: [by] James H. Oliver.
Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society,; new ser., v. 43, pt. 4
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Published: 1953
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 1003
Subjects: Rome.
Description: This volume looks at the attitude toward the Roman Empire two centuries after Christ. The author used the Roman Oration by Aelius Aristides to study how the empire looked to educated people who sat or might have sat in the town councils of Greek cities.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes. Bibliography: p. 981.
"Presents the Greek text of the Roman oration in a revised edition, based on Bruno Keil's collation of the manuscripts ... With a detailed commentary and a new translation."
Includes indexes.