Title: The ruling power
First published: 1953
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.
Subjects: Sources, History, Ancient Rhetoric, Ancient Oratory
Places: Rome
People: Aelius Aristides