Publisher's Synopsis
Werner Eck is the pre-eminent historian in the world of the Roman empire, and in this book he brings together the knowledge gained over a forty year career to explain how the Roman empire really worked. Drawing on his unparalleled knowledge of the subdisciplines of Roman history (literary sources, epigraphy, papyrology and prosopography), Professor Eck reveals how the Romans ruled and administered an empire which stretched from Hadrian's Wall to the Euphrates.
